Chris Mitchell (journalist)

Chris Mitchell
Residence	Australia
Known for	Editor-in-chief of The Australian

Chris Mitchell is an Australian journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of The Australian from 2002 to 2015.

In 1973 Mitchell began his career as a 17-year-old cadet on the former afternoon Brisbane tabloid, The Telegraph. After working on The Townsville Bulletin, The Daily Telegraph and the Australian Financial Review, he joined The Australian in 1984. He turned down a dentistry scholarship to pursue a career in newspapers.

In 1992 aged 35, Mitchell was appointed editor of The Australian. In 1995 he became editor-in-chief of Queensland Newspapers. In the role, he had editorial oversight of The Cairns Post, Townsville Bulletin and Gold Coast Bulletin.

In 2002 he returned to The Australian as editor-in-chief. Mitchell retired from the position in December 2015.

Prior to his retirement, Mitchell had completed 42 years as a journalist with 24 of those years as an editor. Rupert Murdoch praised his contributions as News Corporation's longest serving editor worldwide.

In 2016, a book of Mitchell's memoirs entitled "Making Headlines" was published by Melbourne University Press. Speaking at its launch, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the book as containing "a crisp plain English account of the dynamics of politics and the media in Australia".

In 1996, the newspaper Mitchell edited at the time, The Courier-Mail, claimed that the prominent Australian historian, Manning Clark, had been awarded the Order of Lenin. This claim was later shown to be false.

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