Lucy Rock is a British newspaper editor.
Rock studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1988.[1] She became a journalist, and worked in various positions at the Daily Mirror, then became deputy news editor at the Daily Express. In 2004, she was appointed as news editor at The Observer, serving until 2015. In 2015, she relocated to Seattle, writing for both The Observer and The Guardian. She returned to the UK in 2018, and was appointed as deputy editor of The Observer.[2] In December 2024, the newspaper was sold to Tortoise Media, which appointed Rock as editor of the print edition.[3] She became the first female editor of The Observer since Rachel Beer, more than a century earlier.[4]
- ^ "Alumna Lucy Rock becomes first female editor of the Observer in over a century". Magdalen College. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Lucy Rock appointed deputy editor of The Observer". The Guardian. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (18 December 2024). "Tortoise-Observer deal signed and Lucy Rock named print editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Warrington, James (18 December 2024). "Observer appoints first female editor in over a century after controversial sale". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2025.