ALAN RUSBRIDGER

Alan rusbridger is the editor for guardian he went to Cambridge University and received a BA in English and is also the executive editor for the observer. He started writing for the guardian in 1979 and was a reporter. He soon advanced to the level where he launched the g2 section of the guardian and guardian unlimited. He faced a lot of court cases against the guardian and soon saw the re-launch of the times and the independent by becoming a “Berliner” (slightly larger than A4). He is also a professor at Queen Mary’s. He’s also written 3 kids books.
“Unlike a traditional newspaper proprietor, the roles of the Scott Trust do not include influencing editorial content.” Rusbridger believes his actions and his work doesn’t influence anything but as editor he decides what goes in the paper and what doesn’t.
"Every other paper is looking at what the Guardian does online," said another panelist. This is influencing what other papers write in order to compete with the guardian which instinctively has an ideology passed through it.
"Five years ago, time was wasted listening to the deniers. Now there are very few, the nature of the problem has dawned on everyone."