Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic
Alan Charles Rusbridger (born 29 December 1953) is a British journalist, who was formerly editor-in-chief of The Guardian and then Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
Rusbridger became editor-in-chief of The Guardian in 1995, having been a reporter and columnist earlier in his career. Rusbridger stood down from the post at the end of May 2015 and was succeeded by Katharine Viner. In 2014, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "building a global media organisation dedicated to responsible journalism in the public interest, undaunted by the challenges of exposing corporate and government malpractices".
From 2015 to 2021, Rusbridger was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall in the University of Oxford. He was appointed chair of the University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in 2016. In 2020, Rusbridger was announced as one of the first members of the Oversight Board created by Facebook. His appointment as incoming editor of Prospect magazine was announced in July 2021.