Dennis Hackett
D&AD President — (1967–68)
Profile
About
Editor and author Dennis Hackett is widely credited as an influential force in British journalism. He began his career on regional papers, working at the Sheffield Telegraph before joining the Daily Herald, the Daily Express, the Daily Mail and then The Observer. In 1965 he joined Nova, and turned it into what The Guardian described as a “must-read for the movers and shakers of “swinging London”, with men as well as the original target audience becoming devotees of its heady mixtures of social issues and cutting edge fashion and modern lifestyle features”. He was instrumental in launching a colour supplement for the Daily Mirror – entitled Mirror Magazine – which caused a stir in popular journalism, however sadly closed a year after launch. He continued to work in the British press for a long while afterwards, holding positions at the Daily Express and The Times, before passing away in 2016 aged 87.
About
Editor and author Dennis Hackett is widely credited as an influential force in British journalism. He began his career on regional papers, working at the Sheffield Telegraph before joining the Daily Herald, the Daily Express, the Daily Mail and then The Observer. In 1965 he joined Nova, and turned it into what The Guardian described as a “must-read for the movers and shakers of “swinging London”, with men as well as the original target audience becoming devotees of its heady mixtures of social issues and cutting edge fashion and modern lifestyle features”. He was instrumental in launching a colour supplement for the Daily Mirror – entitled Mirror Magazine – which caused a stir in popular journalism, however sadly closed a year after launch. He continued to work in the British press for a long while afterwards, holding positions at the Daily Express and The Times, before passing away in 2016 aged 87.
D&AD achievements
- Participation
- D&AD President — (1967–68)
- Participation
- D&AD President — (1967–68)