Tessa Hilton
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Tessa Hilton is a British
magazine executive and former newspaper editor.
After failing to start a career in acting
, Hilton trained as a journalist
with the Daily Mirror before becoming a news reporter with the Sunday Mirror
. She took several years out of the media when her children were born, but started freelancing articles about parenthood for magazines, then wrote the Great Ormond Street Book of Child Health.
In 1985, Hilton returned to regular employment at Mother magazine, then in 1987 she moved to the Today
newspaper. She was promoted to Features Editor and then to Assistant Editor before moving to become editor the "Femail" section of the Daily Mail.
Hilton became Assistant Editor at The Sun
in 1994, then Editor of the Sunday Mirror
briefly in 1995, before moving to become Deputy Editor of the Daily Express
. At the Express, she launched the Saturday magazine, then the Sunday Boulevard magazine. In 1999, she became Editor-at-Large at Woman & Home magazine.
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magazine executive and former newspaper editor.
After failing to start a career in acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, Hilton trained as a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
with the Daily Mirror before becoming a news reporter with the Sunday Mirror
Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...
. She took several years out of the media when her children were born, but started freelancing articles about parenthood for magazines, then wrote the Great Ormond Street Book of Child Health.
In 1985, Hilton returned to regular employment at Mother magazine, then in 1987 she moved to the Today
Today (UK newspaper)
Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom, which was published between 1986 and 1995.-History:Today, with the American newspaper USA Today as inspiration, launched on Tuesday, 4 March 1986, with the front page headline, "Second Spy Inside GCHQ". At 18 pence, it was a middle-market...
newspaper. She was promoted to Features Editor and then to Assistant Editor before moving to become editor the "Femail" section of the Daily Mail.
Hilton became Assistant Editor at The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
in 1994, then Editor of the Sunday Mirror
Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...
briefly in 1995, before moving to become Deputy Editor of the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
. At the Express, she launched the Saturday magazine, then the Sunday Boulevard magazine. In 1999, she became Editor-at-Large at Woman & Home magazine.