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Roger Bryan, one of the founding journalists of The Mail on Sunday, has died aged 73 after a short illness.
Roger was the newspaper’s first Chief Sub Editor at its launch in 1982, leading a department responsible for writing headlines and captions and editing copy in the news and features sections.
After an uncertain start, the paper went on to enjoy phenomenal success – which continues 40 years on – thanks to huge investment by the proprietors and a team of highly talented journalists. Roger was among the most senior of these.
He would be promoted in 1986 to Assistant Editor, Production – known traditionally as Night Editor – a position he held for 16 years.
During that time, the paper saw the introduction of computer production, a big increase in size and editions, and the move from Fleet Street to its present home in Kensington. Roger ensured his department met all these challenges.
He had entered journalism after university, and after working in local newspapers he moved to Fleet Street and the London Evening Standard in the 1970s.
Roger Bryan, one of the founding journalists of The Mail on Sunday, has died aged 73 after a short illness
He rose to become its Chief Sub Editor and each day, after very early starts, he had to juggle many editions and multiple page changes.
Roger took all these talents to the MoS where, as at the Standard,
