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Jake Wallis Simons
English journalist and novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacob Timothy Wallis Simons[1] (born 1978 or 1979)[2] is an English columnist, broadcaster and foreign correspondent.
Early life
Born in London, he graduated with a first class degree in English from St Peter's College, Oxford, before completing a PhD in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in 2009.[3]
Career
Simons has been a freelance features writer for the Times and a broadcaster for BBC Radio 4, presenting documentaries[4] and appearing on From Our Own Correspondent.[5] He then joined the Sunday Telegraph, leaving to become Associate Global Editor at the Daily Mail.[6]
He was appointed editor of The Jewish Chronicle in December 2021, succeeding Stephen Pollard.[7] In January 2025, he stepped down from the role to focus on writing books.[8] He writes a regular column for The Telegraph[9] and his work also features frequently in the Spectator,[10] the New York Post,[11] and the The Jewish Chronicle. He maintains an online newsletter.[12]
He participated in the team which won a Webby award[13] and a European Newspapers Award[14] for the 2014 multimedia project for the Telegraph entitled Meet the Settlers about Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
His four novels[2] include The English German Girl about a 1930s Jewish refugee, which was included in the Fiction Uncovered promotion for writers 'who deserve wider recognition' in 2011.[15] His book Israelophobia, a work criticising anti-Zionism, was published in 2023.[16][17]
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