By Gabriel Princewill-
Former editor of the Metro newspaper, Teddy Young, has been appointed to the complaints committee of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso).
Ted Young, who served as editor of Metro for eight years, will join the committee that regulates press operations by judging complaints about breaches of the Editors’ Code and levying sanctions.
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He stepped down form his job with The Metro following a major print shake-up expected which led to a number of redundancies at the free national publication.
The shake up was said to have been in response to a number of economic issues including rising energy and newsprint costs.
Mr Young, who also served for five years on the Editors’ Code of Practice Committee, said: “I am delighted to join Ipso’s complaints committee having been at the sharp end of Ipso verdicts and having insight into the thinking behind editorial decisions which would be useful to the committee.”
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Mr Young started his career at the Harrow Observer and has worked at the Northern Echo, Today, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, London Lite, Mail Online and New York Daily News.
Lord Faulks KC, chair of the complaints committee, added: “We are delighted to welcome Ted Young to Ipso’s complaints committee.
“He brings a wealth of experience to support the committee in the difficult decisions it must make in delivering robust regulation of the press.”
Mr Young started his career at the Harrow Observer and has worked at the Northern Echo, Today, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express, London Lite, Mail Online and New York Daily News.
His experience across the British media is broad.
Ipso chief executive Charlotte Dewar said: “Ted brings his years of experience of the industry to the complaints committee.
“As someone who was very recently navigating the decisions entailed in editing a modern news title, he will bring a fresh and current perspective to the discussions at the committee.”
IPSO is financed by the Regulatory Funding Company (RFC) which is funded by member publications. IPSO carries out its work separately and completely independently from its members.
IPSO says its Board and Complaints Committee both have independent majorities with no connections with the newspaper and magazine industry, adding that its other members have recent senior experience in the newspaper or magazine industries and therefore have expertise in the area of press standards.
None of its members is currently serving as an editor of any of the publications that are or could be regulated by IPSO.
IPSO has in the past been criticised for imposing no fines on publications found to have breached its code, despite promises to do so, and questions have been raised about the extent to which any members with past experience in the same publications it may be expected to adjudicate on can be trusted to always do so impartially.
This publication has periodically kept an eye on IPSO judgements whenever brought to our attention, and the regulator has for the most part been found to deliver reliable judgements, though we have sometimes questioned their level of impartiality and competence in relation to some complaints.
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