Name Barry Askew | Died April 16, 2012 | |
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Barry Askew (13 December 1936 – 17 April 2012) was a British journalist, editor of the Lancashire Evening Post and briefly of the News of the World.
Askew grew up in Preston, and worked for the Lancashire Evening Post, winning the IPC National Press Awards Campaigning Journalist award in 1972, and soon becoming editor of the paper.
In April 1981, Askew was appointed as editor of the News of the World, partly on the recommendation of Harold Evans, editor of The Times. In early December, he came into conflict with the Queen after claiming that if Princess Diana felt harassed by press photographers she should send a servant out to shop for her. At the end of the month, he left the newspaper, and spent the rest of his career in various short-term provincial posts.