Ian Hargreaves
Ian Richard Hargreaves CBE (born 18 June 1951 in Burnley) is Professor Emeritus (formerly Prof Digital Economy) at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
Career
His career in British journalism includes several beats at the Financial Times, as well as Directorship of BBC News & Current Affairs, Editorship of The Independent, and Editorship of the New Statesman.
In October 2010 he was invited to head an independent commission to consider "how the Intellectual Property framework supports growth and innovation" by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron. The resulting report was published in May 2011.[1] The government declared its intention to implement the review's findings, which include a more flexible approach to copyright, in August 2011.
Hargreaves was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to the creative economy and higher education.[2]
In 2015, he became a co-founder of Creative Cardiff, with Justin Lewis.
Personal life
He attended Burnley Grammar School in Burnley and Altrincham Grammar School for Boys. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English with French. He married Elizabeth Crago in 1972. They divorced in 1991 and have a son (born 1975) and a daughter (born 1977). In 1993 he married Adele Blakebrough, CEO of the Social Business Trust and they have two daughters (born in January 1997 and May 1998).
Bibliography
- 2003 Journalism: Truth or Dare? Oxford University Press.
- 2005 Journalism - A very short Introduction, Oxford University Press
References
See also
- Independent review of intellectual property and growth website
- Cardiff Centre for Journalism Studies website
- Moral Maze bio
- Community Action Network website
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Preceded by Andreas Whittam Smith | Editor of The Independent 1994–1995 | Succeeded by Charles Wilson |
Preceded by Steve Platt | Editor of the New Statesman 1996–1998 | Succeeded by Peter Wilby |
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- 1986 Andreas Whittam Smith
- 1994 Ian Hargreaves
- 1995 Charles Wilson
- 1996 Andrew Marr
- 1998 Rosie Boycott & Andrew Marr
- 1998 Simon Kelner
- 2008 Roger Alton
- 2010 Simon Kelner
- 2011 Chris Blackhurst
- 2013 Amol Rajan
- 2016 Christian Broughton
- 2023 Geordie Greig
- 1990 Stephen Glover
- 1991 Ian Jack
- 1995 Peter Wilby
- 1996 Rosie Boycott
- 1998 Kim Fletcher
- 1999 Janet Street-Porter
- 2002 Tristan Davies
- 2008 John Mullin
- 2013 Lisa Markwell
- 2010 Simon Kelner
- 2011 Stefano Hatfield
- 2013 Oliver Duff