Jeff Randall (journalist)
| Jeff Randall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jeff Randall 3 October 1954 |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter |
| Notable credit(s) |
The Sunday Times BBC The Daily Telegraph Sky News |
Jeff William Randall (born 3 October 1954) is an English former business journalist and presenter, who presented Jeff Randall Live, a business and politics show on Sky News, until stepping-down from his role in March 2014. He was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, and was the first business editor at BBC News.
Randall was educated at what was then a traditional boys' grammar school, the Royal Liberty School in Romford, Essex, and at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a degree in economics. He started but did not finish postgraduate work in journalism at the University of Florida.
Randall worked as Assistant Editor of Financial Weekly, then between 1986 and 1988 as City correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph. From 1989 to 1994 he was City editor of The Sunday Times, becoming City and Business Editor 1994–95, as well as a Director of Times Newspapers. He was also a director of a City PR firm. He then became assistant editor and sports editor of the Sunday Times. Randall became the editor of the re-launched Sunday Business newspaper in 1998.
Randall moved to the BBC in 2001, as the corporation's first business editor. He appeared regularly on the BBC News at Ten, the Today programme and BBC News 24. In addition, he presented Weekend Business, a radio show for 5 Live. He resigned as BBC business editor in late 2005 to join the Daily Telegraph as 'editor-at-large'.
He was replaced as BBC business editor by Robert Peston, formerly associate editor at the Telegraph. Randall has continued to work on BBC projects, including a documentary series on the City and financial turmoil for Radio Four. In addition, he has made television documentaries for ITV, and was the presenter of Jeff Randall Live on Sky News.
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