Stephen Edward Hewlett[1] (8 August 1958 – 20 February 2017)[2] was a British print, radio and TV journalist, and visiting professor of Journalism and Broadcast Policy at the University of Salford.

After Nationwide's editor Roger Bolton was blocked by Brigadier Ronnie Stonham from hiring Hewlett on a permanent contract, he left to join the newly created Channel 4 in 1983.

[5] Hewlett became chair of Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2004,[13] and was instrumental in the appointment of Heather Croall as Festival Director and chief executive officer,[14] a move that led to it becoming one of the world's best-regarded documentary events, according to Variety.

[5] After announcing that his cancer was terminal in early February 2017, he married his then-partner Rachel Crellin, a journalist and executive of Genie Pictures, at the Royal Marsden Hospital.

[5] On 20 February 2017, Hewlett died of oesophageal cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital whilst listening to Bob Dylan recordings with his family by his side.