Dawn Neesom

Dawn Neesom (born 11 December 1964) is an English journalist. She was promoted to the post of editor of the Daily Star newspaper in December 2003,

Born in Stratford, London, England, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford, Essex. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a lorry driver.

Neesom has claimed at various times that her career in journalism began on the local weekly newspaper the Newham Recorder, She also worked on Woman's Own magazine before joining The Sun newspaper as a feature writer in 1992.

She supports West Ham United and also practises kickboxing in her spare time.