Raymond Snoddy

[1][3][4] Snoddy started his journalistic career writing for a number of publications on issues relating to the news industry, and continues in this vein.

[1][3] Whilst working at the FT, Snoddy made occasional appearances as guest presenter on the observational newspaper review TV show What the Papers Say.

The programme, now titled as Newswatch,[6] was launched as a response to the Hutton Inquiry, as part of an initiative to make BBC News more accountable.

[1] In addition, Snoddy is the author of a biography of the media tycoon Michael Green: The Good, the Bad and the Unacceptable: The Hard News about the British Press, about ethics in the newspaper industry,[1][7] and other books.

[8] Whilst Media Editor at The Times in 2000, Snoddy was awarded the honour of the Ordinary Officer of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE); for his services to journalism.