Daniel Johnson (journalist)

Daniel Benedict Johnson (born 26 August 1957) is a British journalist who is the founding editor of Standpoint.[1][2]

Biography

Daniel Johnson is the son of the author and Presidential Medal of Freedom holder Paul Johnson and brother of Cosmo Johnson and entrepreneur Luke Johnson.[3]

After attending Langley Grammar School he graduated with a First in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford. Johnson was awarded a Shakespeare Scholarship to Berlin. Returning to English academia as a fellow of Queen Mary, University of London, he served as Director of Publications for the Centre for Policy Studies.

Johnson made his name as a journalist covering the fall of the Berlin Wall as German correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He has been a leader writer for both The Times and the Telegraph,[4] as well as literary editor and associate editor for The Times.

In 2008 he launched Standpoint magazine as founding editor. He was also a contributing editor to The New York Sun and a contributor to The Times Literary Supplement, The Literary Review, Prospect, Commentary, The New Criterion,[5] The American Spectator and The Weekly Standard.

He is Catholic, and is married with four children.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Standpoint. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Will Standpoint fall at the first hurdle?". The Independent. London. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Arguing the World: Standpoint, A New British Periodical". The New York Sun. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Johnson profile". London: guardian.co.uk. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Daniel Johnson". The New Criterion. Retrieved 8 December 2010.


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