Phil Walker (journalist)

Philip Andrew Geoffrey Walker (28 July 1944 – 6 October 2011[1]) was a British newspaper editor.

Walker grew up in Cardiff, where he attended Howardian High School.

In 1966, he joined the Reading Evening Post, and then, in 1968, the Daily Mail.

The following year, he was appointed as an assistant editor of the Daily Mirror, serving until 1980, when he became associate editor of the Daily Express.

He returned to the Mirror three years later, as deputy editor, but became freelance in 1988.