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Martin Townsend (born 11 July 1960) is the editor of and columnist for the ''Sunday Express''. Townsend attended Harrow County School for Boys (which became Harrow High School in 1975) and the London College of Printing. He gained his first job as a journalist in 1979,〔"(Sunday Express editor Martin Townsend wins Mind Book of the Year Award 2008 )", Mind〕 working on ''Caravan'' magazine, then was pop music correspondent at ''Today''.〔David Lister, "(Editing? It's a business thing )", ''The Independent'', 17 July 2001〕 In 1987, Townsend became a freelance reporter, but in 1994 was appointed showbusiness editor of ''The Mail on Sundays ''You'' magazine,〔 then in 1999 was appointed editor of ''OK!''. During his tenure, he persuaded Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey to pose with chocolate bars in their wedding photos, as part of a promotion. In 2001, he was appointed editor of the ''Sunday Express''.〔Jessica Hodgson, "(Townsend OK! at the Sunday Express )", ''The Guardian'', 22 May 2001〕 In 2006, Townsend had a cameo role in the television series ''Hustle'' in which he, as editor of the ''Sunday Express'', bought an exposé story from some con men regarding the unscrupulous editor of a rival (fictional) Sunday newspaper.〔(IMDb profile of Martin Townsend )〕 In 2007, Townsend published ''The Father I Had'', an autobiographical account of his relationship with his father, who had bipolar disorder. This won the Mind Book of the Year Award 2008.〔 Townsend married Jane O'Gorman in 1989. They have two sons and a daughter. Townsend was the ghost writer of Express owner Richard Desmond's autobiography, ''The Real Deal: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Controversial Media Mogul''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Townsend (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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