Katharine Viner

Katharine Viner
Born
Katharine Sophie Viner

January 1971 (1971-01) (age 54)
EducationRipon Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Guardian
Spouse
(m. 2022)
Websitewww.theguardian.com/profile/katharineviner

Katharine Sophie Viner (born January 1971) is a British journalist and playwright. She became the second state-educated and first female editor-in-chief at The Guardian on 1 June 2015, succeeding Alan Rusbridger. Viner previously headed The Guardian's web operations in Australia and the United States, before being selected for the editor-in-chief's position.