Archie Bland

Archie Bland
Born
James Franklin Archibald Bland

(1983-10-07) 7 October 1983 (age 41)
Abbots Worthy, Hampshire, England
EducationWinchester College
(independent boys' boarding school)
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor, author
EmployerThe Guardian
Spouse
Ruth Spencer
​
(m. 2019)​
Parent(s)Christopher Bland
Jennifer May
FamilyGeorgia Byng (half-sister)
Jamie Byng (half-brother)

James Franklin Archibald "Archie" Bland[1] (born 7 October 1983),[2] is a British newspaper journalist who writes the Guardian's daily morning newsletter First Edition.[3]

Bland was previously the deputy editor of The Independent, a national British newspaper, a post to which he was appointed in April 2012, at the age of 28.[4] He was also the editor of the Saturday edition of The Independent. He was one of the youngest people to have ever been appointed to a senior editorial post in the British national newspaper industry, described as "easily the youngest deputy editor in the paper's history, the youngest in national newspapers today and perhaps ever on Fleet Street".[4]

  1. ^ Bland, Archie (24 March 2012). "'You are the weakest link, goodbye!': What's it like to face Anne Robinson on the cult quiz show?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Gorkana". gorkana.com. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Archie Bland". Muckrack.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b Pugh, Andrew (3 April 2012). "Archie Bland becomes Indy's youngest deputy editor". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.