Paul Whittaker (newspaper editor)


Paul Whittaker is an Australian newspaper journalist and editor. In 2018, he was appointed CEO of Sky News in Australia.

Career

Whittaker was editor of The Australian from 2007-2011, having previous held roles of national chief of staff and deputy editor.
From 2011 to 2015 he was editor of The Daily Telegraph, where he championed the Badgerys Creek Airport and the interests of Western Sydney. In 2014 he established the Bradfield Oration, a series of public talks addressing the future vision for Sydney.
In October 2018 it was announced he would be leaving The Australian to take up the position of CEO for Sky News.

Awards

Whittaker has won three Walkley Awards, including one in 2015 for Headline Journalism in the Daily Telegraph for his headlines: