Paul Dacre
| Paul Dacre | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul Michael Dacre 14 November 1948 Arnos Grove, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
University College School University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Journalist and newspaper editor |
| Employer | Daily Mail and General Trust |
| Known for | Editor of the Daily Mail |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Thomson |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Parent(s) | Peter Dacre (deceased), Joan |
Paul Michael Dacre (/ˈdeɪkə/; born 14 November 1948) is an English journalist and editor of the British newspaper the Daily Mail. He is also editor-in-chief of DMG Media, which publishes the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, the free daily tabloid Metro, and other titles. He is a director of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (Associated Newspapers' holding group) and was a member of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) from 1999 to 2008. He left the PCC in order to become chairman of the PCC's Editors' Code of Practice Committee from April 2008. His departure from the post was announced at the beginning of December 2016.
In the British Press Awards, organised by the Society of Editors, Dacre's Daily Mail has won the "Newspaper of the Year" category on six occasions, twice as often as any other title.
Dacre was born and grew up in the north London suburb of Arnos Grove in Enfield. His father, Peter, was a journalist on the Sunday Express whose work included show business features. Joan, his mother, was a teacher, and the couple had five sons, of which Paul was the eldest. One of his brothers, Nigel, was editor of ITV's news programmes from 1995 to 2002.
He was educated at University College School, an independent school in Hampstead, on a state scholarship, where he was head of house. In his school holidays, he worked as a messenger at the Sunday Express, and during his pre-university gap year as a trainee in the Daily Express. From 1967 he read English at the University of Leeds, while Jack Straw was President of the Student's Union.
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