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.
David English (editor) ceremony. English married Irene Mainwood in 1954, and they had three children. He died in London. David English (editor) Sir David English (26 May 1931 — 10 June 1998) was a British journalist and newspaper editor, best known for his two-decade editorship of the "Daily Mail". English was born in Oxford, and educated at Bournemouth School. Aged 16, he joined the local "Christchurch Times" and then had a brief period with the "News" in Portsmouth, moving to London before he was 20. English began his national newspaper career at the "Daily Mirror" in 1951, before moving to the "Daily Sketch"