Douglas Whitbread

Douglas joined UKSIF in 2025. He is a former national newspaper journalist. He previously worked at the US Mirror, where he wrote about trade disputes, policy developments, breaking events and human interest topics in America. He also worked as a reporter at the national news agencies SWNS and Cavendish Press, based in the UK. His stories regularly featured in papers such as The Times, The Independent, Daily Express, Metro, The Daily Star, The Daily Mail, The i, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, and New York Post. Douglas holds the ‘gold standard’ NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism with 100 wpm shorthand, along with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in social anthropology.