George Brock | |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1951 |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Workplaces: | Yorkshire Evening Press, The Observer, The Times, City University London |
Alma Mater: | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Known For: | F5 |
George Brock (born 7 November 1951) is a professor of journalism at City, University of London. He held the position of head of department from September 2009 to September 2014.[1]
After beginning his career in 1973 as a reporter for the Yorkshire Evening Press, Brock was a journalist for The Observer (1976–1981) and The Times (1981–2008), where he held positions from foreign correspondent to managing editor.[2] [3]
Brock has been President of the World Editors Forum[3] (2004–2008) where he still sits as a board member.[4] He was also a member of the board for The Times Newspapers Ltd (1997–2004) and has frequently written for papers in the US, Poland, Sweden and Timbuktu.