Richard Ferrer is a British journalist and editor of Jewish News since 2009. The Society of Editors named the publication Free Weekly Newspaper of the Year in September 2021.[1][2]
Ferrer attended the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, and began his career in journalism in 1995, writing for lifestyle magazines including FHM, Maxim and Vox. After working for the website totallyjewish.com from 2000 to 2004, he edited the Boston Jewish Advocate, America's oldest Jewish newspaper, returning to the UK the following year to become assistant editor at the Mail Online.[3] In 2008 he served as a sub-editor at the Daily Mirror. He has written for the Daily Telegraph and Algemeiner, and has been a regular contributor to the Independent.[4][5]
In 2012 he created and appeared on the Channel 4 programme "Jewish Mum of the Year".[6] He has been a regular contributor to programmes on BBC Radio 4.[7][8]
Controversies
editIn April 2018, Ferrer wrote an article in The Times titled, "Jeremy Corbyn cannot be trusted by the Jewish community".[9] His article received much backlash.[citation needed] Ferrer has faced criticism[clarification needed] for his paper's handling of Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's anti-Semitism problem.[10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Richard Ferrer's Blog". blogs.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ SPIEGEL, Jörg Schindler, DER (21 August 2018). "Corbyn and Labour Struggle with Anti-Semitism Accusations - DER SPIEGEL - International". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Richard Ferrer - Mirror Online". www.mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Richard Ferrer". Algemeiner.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Richard Ferrer". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Jewish Mum of the Year (TV Series 2012–2013) - IMDb, retrieved 1 April 2020
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Eve of the crucial Greek referendum, Anti-Semitic demonstration in Whitehall". BBC. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "JN Editor discusses Coronavirus pandemic on BBC Radio London". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Ferrer, Richard. "Jeremy Corbyn cannot be trusted by the Jewish community". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Twitter, Sam Forsdick (6 August 2018). "Jewish News foreign editor takes leave after criticising paper's coverage of Labour anti-Semitism row in Canary interview". Press Gazette. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "How Jeremy Corbyn SHOULD have apologised for anti-Semitism, by Jewish News editor". LBC. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Why I put rivalries aside to condemn the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn". www.newstatesman.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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