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My Take
Rusbridger interests me as a study in nerve. Twenty years editing The Guardian, including its handling of the Snowden disclosures, meant repeatedly choosing publication over the comfort of powerful adversaries. That is the part of the job most editors quietly avoid, and he did not flinch. What I admire just as much is the lightness afterward: he stepped into running an Oxford college, then back into magazine editing, never clinging to a single title. Born in Lusaka, schooled in England, decorated with the Right Livelihood Award, he strikes me as a journalist who treated holding power to account as a long, unglamorous discipline rather than a pose.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alan Rusbridger
- Name (Japanese)
- アラン・ラスブリッジャー
- Reading
- あらん・らすぶりっじゃー
- Born
- December 29, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
- Occupation
- journalist / editor-in-chief / literary critic / head teacher
2. Background
- University
- Magdalene College
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Right Livelihood Award
- European Press Prize
- Ortega y Gasset Awards
- 2016 Carey McWilliams Award
- 2016 honorary doctorate
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Alan Rusbridger born?
Born December 29, 1953 (age 72).
Where is Alan Rusbridger from?
Alan Rusbridger is from Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia.
What does Alan Rusbridger do?
Alan Rusbridger works as journalist, editor-in-chief, literary critic, head teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.