Sarah Sands
Sarah Sands (born Sarah Harvey, Tunbridge Wells, 3 June 1961) is a British journalist and author.
Journalistic career
The sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey of musical duo Kit and The Widow, Sands trained on The Sevenoaks Courier as a news reporter, before moving to the Evening Standard, initially as editor of the Londoner's Diary, before taking further posts as features editor and associate editor.
She joined The Daily Telegraph in 1996 as deputy editor, under Charles Moore, later assuming responsibility for the Saturday edition.
She was appointed as the first female editor of The Sunday Telegraph in June 2005, succeeding Dominic Lawson. Her masterplan for the November 2005 relaunch of the paper was that it should be "like an iPod - full of your favourite things". In an abrupt move, after just eight months and 20 days in post, Sands was sacked as editor of the Sunday Telegraph on 7 March 2006 and replaced by Patience Wheatcroft.[1] Subsequently, many of her changes under her editorship were reversed (including changes to the title font).
In April 2006 she was appointed consultant editor on the Daily Mail.
Sands has written two novels, her first was "Playing the Game" and her second, "Hothouse", was published during the summer of 2005.
Controversy
As a result of an article about the Emo musical genre, Sands is seen by many to be anti-teenager.[2] The article has been interpreted as implying that Green Day and My Chemical Romance encourage self-harming among teenagers, despite Green Day having tenuous links to the emo genre and My Chemical Romance advising their fans not to commit self-harm.
My Chemical Romance, on hearing about this article while on tour in the UK, led a chant of "fuck the Daily Mail" (as Sands's article ran in this newspaper) during one of their live shows.[3] Kerrang! magazine in particular took offence to the article. The article is a regular joke in many articles in Kerrang! involving My Chemical Romance, often mentioned in passing or as a caption to photos from their shows.
References
External links
- Guardian profile of Sarah Sands
- Independent profile of Sarah Sands
- Criticism of Sands' tenure at the Sunday Telegraph, and her response
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| Preceded by Dominic Lawson |
Editor of The Sunday
Telegraph 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Patience Wheatcroft |
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