James Ben Preston (born 24 September 1963)[1] is a British journalist.
[2] His father was Peter Preston, editor of The Guardian from 1975 to 1995, and his wife Jean Burrell; he has a brother and two sisters.
He began his career in 1987, working on local newspapers (Bristol Evening Post).
He worked later for the Press Association as education correspondent before joining The Times.
In March 2017, it was announced that he had been appointed as an Executive Editor of The Sunday Times.