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British journalist and author (–)

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David Randall (April – 17 July )^[1] was a British journalist and author of The Universal Journalist, a textbook on journalism.

David K. Randall is a senior reporter at Reuters and has also written for Forbes, the New York Times, and New York magazine.

David K. Randall is the New York Times best-selling author of Dreamland and a senior reporter at Reuters.

David Randall (April – 17 July ) was a British journalist and author of The Universal Journalist, a textbook on journalism.

David K. Randall is a senior reporter at Reuters and has also written for the New York Times, Forbes, and New York.

David K. Randall is the New York Times best-selling author of Dreamland, The King and Queen of Malibu, Black Death at the Golden Gate, and The Monster's Bones.

He was assistant editor of The Observer until , when he joined The Independent on Sunday and worked there until retiring in

Education and career in journalism

Randall was born in Ipswich in He studied economics at Clare College, Cambridge.

While at Cambridge, he was recruited to write for the student newspaper Varsity by editor Jeremy Paxman and wrote a weekly column titled "The Adventures of Druisilla Nutt-Tingler".^[2]

Career

After a brief period as a professional comedian and a brand manager at a cosmetics company, Randall joined the Croydon Advertiser as a trainee reporter in and became the paper's editor in ^[2][3] He joined The Observer one year later as deputy sports editor.

He was promot