Alex Kay-Jelski
Kay-Jelski in 2021
Born
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College School
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationJournalist
Years active2007-present

Alex Kay-Jelski is a British sports journalist, currently the editor-in-chief of The Athletic.[1] He was previously the sports editor of The Times and the Daily Mail newspapers.[2]

Early life and education

Kay-Jelski was educated at University College School in London, and then graduated with an MA in French and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh in 2007.

Career

Kay-Jelski began his career as a graduate trainee and sub-editor at the Daily Mail in 2007. He was promoted to deputy sports news editor in 2009 before being named sports editor in 2015. He left the Mail less than a year later to become sports editor at The Times.[3]

Key-Jelski was recruited in June 2019 to join the startup US sports website The Athletic.[4][5] He has also appeared on Sky Sports and TalkSport radio.

References

  1. ^ "Alex Kay-Jelski". The Athletic. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Sun's Snowdon new head of sport at Times as Hallissey retires – Sports Journalists' Association". 20 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. ^ Turvill, William (2 November 2015). "Daily Mail sports editor Alex Kay-Jelski moves to same role on The Times". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Sports journalism in Britain is being attacked by an American predator". The Spectator. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. ^ "The Athletic begins UK voyage seeking to disrupt all levels of football content". SBC News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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