Jonathan began his career as a journalist at the Observer and has also served as editor of the Fabian Review, director of English PEN and director of programmes at the Sigrid Rausing Trust. Following the Leveson Inquiry in 2011-12, Jonathan founded IMPRESS, the UK's first independent press regulator, which he led as CEO until 2020, when he launched the Public Interest News Foundation, which he now leads. He has written for newspapers and magazines including the Telegraph, Guardian and New Statesman, and journals including Critical Quarterly, the Journal of Media Law and the British Journalism Review. He has given evidence to several Parliamentary inquiries and is regularly invited to speak at conferences in the UK and internationally. Jonathan has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has held visiting fellowships at King’s College, London, the University of East Anglia and the University of Stirling. He is a leadership fellow at St George’s House, Windsor and co-chair of the Stephen Spender Trust. His first book, The Press Freedom Myth, was published in 2019.