About
News UK
Victoria Newton was appointed Editor in Chief of The Sun in February 2020. She is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience in the industry.
Victoria joined The Sun in 1998, and has held a variety of roles. In 1999, she was LA correspondent and, in 2003, became editor of the Bizarre column. Victoria held this position for four years, during which she was named Showbiz Writer of the Year at The British Press Awards in 2006. Victoria was appointed as head of features in 2007 and after an 18 month spell at the News of The World as deputy editor, between 2009 and 2011, she re-joined The Sun as Saturday editor, before becoming editor of The Sun on Sunday.
After graduating from Cambridge with a degree in Politics, Victoria began her career as a graduate trainee on The Daily Express.