Steve Hewlett (journalist)
| Steve Hewlett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 August 1958 Solihull, Warwickshire |
| Died | 20 February 2017 (aged 58) Royal Marsden Hospital, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Stephen Edward Hewlett |
| Alma mater | Manchester University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Stephen Edward Hewlett (8 August 1958 – 20 February 2017) was a British print and radio journalist and visiting professor of Journalism and Broadcast Policy at the University of Salford.
Hewlett was born on 8 August 1958. Adopted as a baby by Lawrence and Vera Hewlett from a children's home in Birmingham, he later described his adoptive family as "fabulously caring and supportive". Hewlett was educated at Harold Malley Grammar School in Solihull (the site of which is now Tudor Grange Academy), and the local sixth form college. In 1981 he graduated in liberal studies in science at Manchester University, where as a student activist he helped organise a rent strike.
On graduation he joined the BBC's journalist training programme, becoming a researcher for the television programmes Nationwide and Watchdog. After Nationwide's editor Roger Bolton was blocked by Brigadier Ronnie Stonham from hiring Hewlett on a permanent contract, he left to join the newly created Channel 4 in 1983.
At Channel 4 he created the current affairs programmes The Friday Alternative and Diverse Reports, before returning to the BBC in 1987 where he rose through creating similar current affairs programmes including Brass Tacks. By 1995 he was editor of Panorama during the time when it broadcast Princess Diana's 1995 interview with Martin Bashir.
Passed over to be the next controller of BBC One, he returned to Channel 4 before quickly joining ITV franchise holder Carlton Television as managing director of productions. Made redundant in 2004 after Carlton merged with Granada Television, he took a sabbatical during which he bought a holiday home in St Lucia, before embarking on a portfolio career.
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