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Journalist and former editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, will share insights from his long and distinguished career in journalism in an event co-hosted by the Intellectual Forum and the �������� Development and Alumni Relations Office.

This event will be this year's Lisa Jardine Memorial Lecture, an annual lecture that pays tribute to the life and work of ��������'s first female Fellow.

After the event, we would be pleased to welcome all attendees to a drinks reception.

About the speaker 

Alan Rusbridger was Editor in Chief of The Guardian from 1995-2015. He is currently editor of Prospect Magazine and Chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Until 2021 he was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

During his time at The Guardian, both he and the paper won numerous awards, including the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Journalism. The Guardian grew from a printed paper with a circulation of 400,000 to a leading digital news organisation with 150m browsers a month around the world. He launched now-profitable editions in Australia and the US as well as a membership scheme which now has 1m Guardian readers paying for content.

He was born in Zambia, was educated at Cambridge and lives in London. He is the co-author of the BBC drama, Fields of Gold. He is a keen amateur musician and the author of Play it Again. His memoir of journalism and its future, Breaking News, was published in 2018. He is a member of the Facebook Oversight Board. His latest book, News and How to Use it, was published in 2020.