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Sir Harold Matthew Evans (born June 28 1928) is a British-born journalist and writer who was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. He has written various books on history and journalism. Since 2001, Evans has served as Editor-at-Large of The Week Magazine and since 2005, he has been a contributor to The Huffington Post and BBC Radio 4.
Evans was born in Manchester, where he attended school with Lord Alfred Morris, who nicknamed him "Poshie" due to the fact that he was the only boy in the school whose father - a railway driver - owned an automobile.
His career began as a reporter for a weekly newspaper at the age of 16. After service in the Royal Air Force, he entered Durham University where he graduated with honors in politics and economics and subsequently earned a Master of Arts degree for a thesis on foreign policy. He became an Assistant Editor of the Manchester Evening News and won a Harkness Fellowship in 1956-57 for travel and study in the United States. He began to make a reputation on return from the U.S. when he was appointed Editor of the regional daily The Northern Echo, where one of his campaigns resulted in a national programme for the detection of cervical cancer.
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BookPage: Harold Evans - Account of a 1998 interview about the writing of The American Century.
CNN Book News - The American Century - Article about the book by Harold Evans, how diverse people created a democratic and free world power, includes audio clips of the author.
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Columbia Journalism Review - Warning Given...Story Missed - Harold Evans on the January 2001 Hart-Rudman report, which recommended a National Homeland Security Agency and was ignored by both the press and the administration.
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Columbia Journalism Review - What a Century - An essay by Harold Evans addresses what journalists can learn from the last hundred years.
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Guardian Unlimited - Harold Evans - Archives of the journalist's columns for The Guardian, many about the 2000 presidential election in the US.
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IPI - 50 Press Freedom Heroes: Harold Evans - Profile of the journalist describes his many actions to support and protect the freedom of the press and investigative journalism in Britain, America and the developing world.
MidEast Web - The View from Ground Zero - Transcript of The Index Lecture for the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, given by Harold Evans on June 2, 2002, about the impact of the global village.
Meta Description: [ Media: The View From Ground Zero - Veteran Journalist and Author Harold Evans discusses biased coverage of the war on terror and Palestine-Israel Conflict ]
Newseum - War Stories - Curated by Harold Evans, the exhibit profiles war correspondents from the Crimean War to the present. Includes video interviews of journalists.
Newseum War Stories: Reporting in the Time of Conflict - An essay by Evans on the role of the war correspondent throughout history.
PBS - NewsHour: The American Century - In June, 1999 Harold Evans talked about America's accomplishments in the last century, as described in his book, and its equally bright future in the next century if it remains internationalist, maintains freedom and doesn't impose its will too arrogantly.
PBS - They Made America - Four-part series, based on the book by Harold Evans, profiles a dozen innovators from the steam engine to the search engine. Includes transcripts and teacher guides.
Random House - The American Century - Offers extracts from the book by Harold Evans about America from 1889 through 1989, and an author QA.
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Wikipedia - Harold Evans - Biography of the editor, author and journalist includes a bibliography of his works.
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