Oonagh Blackman

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Oonagh Blackman is the former Daily Mirror political editor, before she became a special adviser to the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, to advise Shaun Woodward on political strategy and communications. [1]

Blackman has more recently come under scrutiny in the Leveson Inquiry as she worked closely with Piers Morgan during her time at the Mirror. [2]

Background

Blackman worked at the Mirror for eleven years, in May 2004 she became their political editor after her predecessor, James Hardy, left to join the BBC. She had previously worked as special projects editor, Whitehall editor and deputy political editor. [1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stephen Brook Northern Ireland role for Mirror journalist The Guardian, 19 December 2007, accessed 24 October 2014
  2. Lord Leveson, Piers Morgan and Oonagh Blackman stevennott, 15 July 2012, accessed 24 October 2014