Jim Waterson
Waterson in 2011
Born
James Waterson

March 1989 (age 34)
York, England
PartnerJess Brammar (2017–present)
Children1
Websitewww.jimwaterson.com

James Waterson (born March 1989) is an English journalist who is the media editor of The Guardian and was previously political editor of BuzzFeed UK.[1]

Early life

Waterson was born in York.[2] He attended Oundle, a leading fee-paying public school, leaving in 2007.[3] He graduated from Jesus College, Oxford in 2011, with a degree in History.[4] He represented the college on the 2009–10 series of University Challenge.[5]

Career

Waterson interned at the right-wing political blog Guido Fawkes while still a student. He is one of a significant cohort of 'Guido boys', an all-male group of journalists/political advisors who have gone on to career success across the mainstream media. This includes luminaries such as Sun political editor Harry Cole https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/24/guido-fawkes-news-editor-harry-cole-joins-sun and Conservative advisor Ross Kempsell and GB News's and ex-Vote Leave advisor, Tom Harwood. Waterson went on to briefly work at The Independent before landing his first job covering politics and business on City A.M.[6][7][8] While at City A.M. he fried an egg on a street using reflected heat from the 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper.[9]

He was BuzzFeed News' UK political editor from 2013, before joining The Guardian in 2018.[10][11]

He has presented Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4,[12] and appeared on Moral Maze in February 2017.[13]

Personal life

Waterson has been in a relationship with journalist Jess Brammar since 2017. Brammar has been the editor of BBC News and BBC World News since 2021.[14][15][16] The couple have one son born in 2020.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Waterson". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "York student, 17, tricks national media into believing Woolworths was reopening". York Mix. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Old Oundelian 2020 - 2021 by Oundle School and Laxton Junior School - Issuu". issuu.com. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jim Waterson". Centre for Policy Studies. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Waterson, James (5 April 2010). "The day I faced Alex Guttenplan on University Challenge". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Buzzfeed UK appoints first political editor in two years and Telegraph poaches from City AM". 4 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "James Waterson". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Waterson, James (23 April 2011). "Heligoland: Germany's hidden gem in the North Sea". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Walkie-Talkie Skyscraper Beam 'Melts Cars'". Sky News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Mayhew, Freddie (19 February 2018). "Jim Waterson appointed new Guardian media editor".
  11. ↑ Mannan, Tahmina (20 February 2018). "Jim Waterson to move over to The Guardian". ResponseSourse. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "16/12/2017". BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Morality of Fake News". BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Jess Brammar gets senior BBC job after impartiality row". BBC News. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  15. ↑ Dickson, Annabelle (6 September 2017). "Westminster's power couples". Politico Europe. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  16. ↑ Simpson, Craig (21 October 2021). "Laura Kuenssberg 'in negotiations to step down as BBC political editor'". The Telegraph.
  17. ↑ Brammar, Jess (31 August 2021). "'We May Have Been Alone, But Covid Mums Shared A Unique Experience, One Defined By The Depths Of Female Strength And Resilience'". Grazia.
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