Heather Stewart
{{Short description|English journalist (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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| name = Heather Stewart
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|9|28|df=y}}
| nationality = British
| alma_mater = Magdalen College, Oxford
| occupation = Journalist
| title = Political editor of The Guardian (2016–2022)
}}
Heather Stewart (born 28 September 1976) is an English journalist who is a special correspondent for The Guardian. She was formerly political editor of The Guardian, and before that economics editor of The Observer and before that, The Observer
Early life and career
Stewart was born on 28 September 1976.{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/2R3bQ9D1wlk4xjq25stKTP5utfY/appointments|publisher=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|title=Heather STEWART - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|accessdate=2016-12-05}} She was educated at a state school{{Cite tweet |number=917114971137499137 |user=GuardianHeather |last=Stewart |first=Heather |title=I did go to Oxford, thanks to great (state school) teachers. First in my family. Gave me enough confidence not to be guilt-tripped about it |website=Twitter |date=8 October 2017 | access-date=11 March 2021}} and then studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, she undertook a BPhil in Philosophy at the same university. She joined HM Treasury in 2000 as a researcher.
Career
In 2001, Stewart joined The Guardian as a junior reporter, later becoming business editor of The Observer, then its economics editor. She left the post of economics editor in December 2015. In January 2016, she became political editor of The Guardian{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/03/things-i-will-miss-about-the-numbers-game|title=Nerds and bank lock-ins: things I'll miss about the numbers game|last=Stewart|first=Heather|date=3 January 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 October 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} in a job-share with Anushka Asthana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-breaks-mould-making-anushka-asthana-and-heather-stewart-political-editor-job-share/|title=Guardian 'breaks the mould' by making Anushka Asthana and Heather Stewart political editor on job share|last=Ponsford|first=Dominic|date=11 December 2015|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=1 October 2019}}
Stewart presented a podcast, along with The Guardian
On 25 February 2022, Stewart announced she would be leaving the role of political editor to become The Guardian{{'}}s special correspondent. In the role, she will report on the British government's levelling up policy, as well as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit.{{Cite tweet|number=1497188025750724660|user=GuardianHeather|last=Stewart|first=Heather|title=Bit of personal news from me: after 6 mad, wonderful years as political editor, I'm breaking out of Westminster. I'll be the Guardian's new special correspondent - reporting on how the pandemic, and Brexit, are changing lives and livelihoods; and keeping an eye on "levelling up".|date=25 February 2022|access-date=26 February 2022}} She was replaced as political editor by Pippa Crerar.
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Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Category:British business and financial journalists
Category:British political journalists
Category:People from East Finchley