Chris Dore

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Christopher Dore is an Australian journalist, currently the editor-in-chief of The Nightly and editor-in-chief of The West Australian from May 2024. {{Cite web |last=Jolly |first=Nathan |date=2024-08-22 |title=Seven names Christopher Dore editor-in-chief of WA Newspapers, The Nightly |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/seven-names-christopher-dore-editor-in-chief-of-wa-newspapers-the-nightly-845571 |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-US}}He was previously the editor-in-chief of The Australian from October 2018{{cite news |last1=Meade |first1=Amanda |title=Paul Whittaker, editor of The Australian, appointed as Sky News chief executive|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/oct/08/paul-whittaker-editor-of-the-australian-appointed-as-sky-news-chief-executive |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=7 October 2018}} until 16 November 2022.{{Cite web |last1=Di Stefano |first1=Mark |last2=Tadros |first2=Edmund |date=16 November 2022 |title=‘I have no off switch’: The Australian’s editor-in-chief resigns |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/i-have-no-off-switch-the-australian-s-editor-in-chief-resigns-20221116-p5byvq |access-date=2 May 2025 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116061632/https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/i-have-no-off-switch-the-australian-s-editor-in-chief-resigns-20221116-p5byvq |archive-date=16 Nov 2022}} He was formerly the editor of The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail, The Sunday Times, and deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph and The Australian.

Dore is a Walkley Award winning journalist.{{Cite web |title=Sharri Markson, Christopher Dore and Kylar Loussikian |url=https://www.walkleys.com/award-winners/sharri-markson-christopher-dore-and-kylar-loussikian/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=The Walkley Foundation |language=en-AU}} During his time as editor, The Courier-Mail was also awarded the PANPA newspaper of the year.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Under Dore’s leadership at The Australian, subscriber numbers to print and digital editions more than doubled, from 136,000 in 2018 to almost 277,000 in 2022. He was renowned for producing outrageous front pages during his stints at The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph.

Dore was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and studied economics and politics at the University of Adelaide. He began his career at The Australian, where he held several roles, including deputy editor, Victorian editor, night editor, New Zealand-based Pacific correspondent, and political correspondent in the Canberra Press Gallery.{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0012/S00006.htm|title=Upton-on-line December 1st|access-date=3 March 2019|date=1 December 2000|website=Scoop}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/ten-questions/ten-questions-chris-dore/story-fna103qq-1226672187643|title=Ten Questions Chris Dore|access-date=3 March 2019|work=The Australian}}