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Jonathan Prynn

London

Summary

A highly experienced and versatile multi-award winning editor and news and feature writer who has covered a wide range of patches over a varied career.

Has excellent team building and management skills and exceptional contacts, particularly in The City and broader business community. Accustomed to meeting extremely tight deadlines writing analysis and a daily comment column as well as breaking major news stories.

Overview

42
42
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Editor

London Standard
09.2024 - 04.2026

Responsible for the Standard's entire business output as a key member of the leadership team. This included writing or commissioning a weekly spread in the print edition and writing and overseeing all the business content on the website and social media.

Also chaired numerous business "round tables" and panels hosted by the Standard on subjects such as London's 5G and wifi connectivity crisis. Led a major campaign against the Mayor's decision to impose the congestion charge on EV drivers.

In addition I served as a judge on the AXA Start Up Angel awards, run in partnership with the Standard.

Associate Editor, Business

Evening Standard
05.2022 - 09.2024
  • Led an editorial team of eight producing the famous "pink pages" of the Evening Standard Monday to Friday.
  • Wrote a daily thought-leadership column on the business pages
  • Managed the overhaul of the business section online resulting in record traffic to the site.
  • Key member of the senior leadership team of London's daily paper under multiple editors.

Consumer Editor

Evening Standard
06.2002 - 05.2022
  • Senior specialist writer on huge range of subjects from the economy to fashion to football.
  • Wrote more "splashes" than any other specialist as well as feature spreads, comments and Op-Eds.
  • Wrote 24 out a maximum 25 splashes - a record for the Standard - in the week of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
  • Led hard hitting campaigns on subjects such as waste plastic, train station security and parking in the West End, which all led to changes in policy by Government or Westminster council.

City News Editor

Evening Standard
06.1999 - 06.2002
  • Led a team of news reporters on the Business section working for City editor Anthony Hilton
  • Allocated and edited stories and liaised with the main news desk

Industry Correspondent

Evening Standard
05.1997 - 06.1999

Key member of the Standard's business team covering sectors such as energy, water, aviation, transport and construction.

As well as working for the Standard's pink pages I also wrote many splashes and page leads for the main news pages.

Transport Correspondent

The Times
02.1995 - 05.1997

Led The Times's coverage of major stories such as British Rail privatisation and the Channel Tunnel fire.

Political Reporter

The Times
08.1992 - 02.1995

Worked in The Times's political office with special responsibility for reporting on the House of Lords

Business Reporter

The Times
03.1990 - 08.1992

Responsibilities included covering insurance sector with a focus on the Lloyd's of London disaster when famous "names" faced huge losses.

Deputy Editor

Corporate Money
06.1988 - 03.1990

Appointed aged just 23 after less than 18 months on the title

Reporter

Corporate Money
04.1987 - 06.1988

Worked on launch team on weekly corporate finance newspaper

Researcher

National Taxpayers Union
06.1984 - 09.1984

Carried out research for an investigation by Capitol Hill lobby group into non-performing Emerging Market debt held by US banks

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Pembroke College, Oxford University
Oxford
1986

A-Levels -

Furze Platt Senior School
Maidenhead, Berks
1983

Skills

  • Analysis and comment
  • Public speaking
  • Chairing panels
  • High speed editing
  • Headline writing
  • SEO

Languages

French
Intermediate
B1

Education

other,other

Awards and nominations

  • 2005 London Press Club Consumer Journalist of the Year
  • 2006 Shortlisted for Property Press Awards Writer of the Year
  • 2007 Winner Property Press Awards Staff Writer of the Year
  • 2010 Shortlisted for London Press Club Consumer Journalist of the Year
  • 2018 Winner Society of Editors Sports Scoop of the Year
  • 2023 Shortlisted for Society of Editors Business Journalist of the Year

Timeline

Associate Editor

London Standard
09.2024 - 04.2026

Associate Editor, Business

Evening Standard
05.2022 - 09.2024

Consumer Editor

Evening Standard
06.2002 - 05.2022

City News Editor

Evening Standard
06.1999 - 06.2002

Industry Correspondent

Evening Standard
05.1997 - 06.1999

Transport Correspondent

The Times
02.1995 - 05.1997

Political Reporter

The Times
08.1992 - 02.1995

Business Reporter

The Times
03.1990 - 08.1992

Deputy Editor

Corporate Money
06.1988 - 03.1990

Reporter

Corporate Money
04.1987 - 06.1988

Researcher

National Taxpayers Union
06.1984 - 09.1984

A-Levels -

Furze Platt Senior School

Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Pembroke College, Oxford University
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