John James Knight (7 June 1863 – 24 November 1927)[1] was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor and historian.
[1] Knight was taken to New Zealand whilst young and at 11 years of age left school to work in the mechanical department of the Bruce Herald.
[1] Six years later he returned to England and with partners started a paper with trades union sympathies.
In 1906 Knight was appointed editor of the Brisbane Courier, in 1916 became managing director of Queensland Newspapers Ltd, and afterwards combined this office with that of chairman of directors for the remainder of his life.
He was chairman of the Queensland section of the Imperial press delegation when a visit was made to Australia in 1925.