Amol Rajan Amol Rajan Amol Rajan (born 4 July 1983) is the BBC's Media Editor, having taken up the role in December 2016. Rajan was formerly editor of "The Independent" newspaper from June 2013. When "The Independent" announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, Rajan was retained for a period as "editor-at-large". Rajan was born in Calcutta, India; he was three when his family moved to England, and he was raised in Tooting, south London. The son of Hindu parents, he has not believed in any god since the age of 15.
Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor) of Fréttablaðið and in 2003 he returned to the DV as a columnist. In 2005 he was again hired as the editor of DV before leaving the post for good in 2006. From 2006 to 2008 he taught journalism at University of Iceland. Jónas married Kristín Halldórsdóttir on 24 December 1963 and together they had four children. Kristín, who was a member of Alþingi from 1983 to 1989 and 1995–1999, passed away on 14 July 2016. Jónas passed away on 29 June 2018 on the cardiology department of the National University Hospital of Iceland. Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor) Jónas Kristjánsson