Toby Manhire Explained

Toby Manhire
Occupation:Journalist
Nationality:New Zealand
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Toby Manhire is a New Zealand journalist and columnist, and the editor at-large of online magazine The Spinoff. He is the son of poet Bill Manhire.

Career

Manhire was editor of student magazine Salient in 1997.[1] From 2000 to 2010 he worked at The Guardian, and has edited The Guardians comment pages.[2] His work has also appeared in The New Zealand Herald and the New Zealand Listener, among other publications. In 2012, he edited a book The Arab Spring: Rebellion, Revolution, and a New World Order, published by Guardian Books.

Manhire is active on Twitter, and was included in Bryce Edwards and Geoffrey Miller's list of the top 100 tweeters to follow in the 2014 election.[3] On reviewing the list, social media blogger Matthew Beveridge concluded that Manhire's place was deserved: "Toby always has a quick comment for whatever is happening. Engages in a lot of discussions, and doesn’t retweet too much. Overall deserving of his place on the list."[4]

In May 2017, he became the politics editor at the New Zealand online magazine The Spinoff,[5] becoming editor in January 2018.[6] In 2016, he began hosting a political podcast titled Gone By Lunchtime alongside journalist Annabelle Lee-Mather and PR consultant Ben Thomas.[7] The podcast's guests have included Jacinda Ardern and Mihingarangi Forbes.[8] In 2019, Manhire profiled Ardern for The Guardian.[9] Manhire connected microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles with Spinoff creative director Toby Morris, with the two partnering to produce globally-popular shareable content containing factual information about COVID-19.[10]

Manhire was succeeded as Spinoff editor by Madeleine Chapman on 1 November 2021.[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: Twitterviews . Salient . 7 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Toby Manhire . The Guardian . 6 February 2015.
  3. News: Top 100 tweeters to follow this election . The New Zealand Herald. Bryce . Edwards . Geoffrey . Miller. 17 August 2014.
  4. Web site: A closer look at the Twitter top 100: Print journalists . Beveridge, Matthew . Social media & the 2014 General Election . 4 September 2014.
  5. News: Toby Manhire. The Spinoff. 2017-05-13. en-US.
  6. News: Editorial changes at The Spinoff. The Spinoff. 2018-02-13. en-US.
  7. Web site: Episode 1: the Key at Waitangi will-he-won’t-he, TPP and leader speeches . . 15 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Gone By Lunchtime . . 15 October 2021.
  9. Web site: Manhire . Toby . Jacinda Ardern: ‘Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. It's intuitive’ . . 15 October 2021 . en . 6 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Siouxsie Wiles on Covid-19, women in science and being called a Satanist . RNZ . 15 October 2021 . en-nz . 15 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Manhire . Toby . Editorial changes at The Spinoff . The Spinoff . 11 December 2021 . 24 May 2021.