Our Mission

Byline Times does not report the daily news cycle. That’s for others. Our aim is to concentrate on ‘what the papers don’t say’. We will follow the story wherever it goes, without fear or favour. No PR company, advertiser or press baron can influence the stories we choose to cover. Our integrity comes from our editorial independence.

While the newspaper is not politically partisan, it is not neutral and stands against corruption, injustice and the erosion of truth and the rule of law. Accurate information is the lifeblood of a democracy and, although everyone is welcome to their own opinions, facts cannot be debated.

Accuracy also requires us to report our country more fairly. Byline Times believes many communities and regions are misrepresented in the media because they are underrepresented. We hope to give a voice to those not provided a platform elsewhere. We value pluralism over populism.

Our Team

Byline Times is brought to you by a dedicated team of journalists and contributors – producing independent, fearless, investigative and thought-provoking journalism not found in the established media.

Contact us if you have a pitch or an idea for a story you think we should be investigating.

Ownership and Control

Unlike the reclusive owners of most other UK news brands, from Lord Rothermere to Rupert Murdoch, Evgeny Lebedev to Mike Danson, Stephen Colegrave and Peter Jukes are active journalists on the newspaper and regularly host public events where their views and mission for the newspaper are open to interrogation and discussion.

The directors of Byline Times Ltd (company number 11658725) are Stephen Colegrave, Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu. There are no other members of the board and they exercise complete editorial and financial control over the company.

As shown in our current reconciliation statement at Companies House, Byline Times Ltd has 2,298 shareholders. Some of these shareholdings are held collectively in trusts. Stephen Colegrave and Peter Jukes retain majority shareholder voting rights in the company.

The Byline news brand is an official registered trade mark of Byline Media Holdings Ltd, which is owned and controlled by Peter Jukes and Stephen Colegrave.

Peter Jukes
Founder and Executive Editor

Stephen Colegrave
Founder and Executive Editor

Hardeep Matharu
Editor in Chief

Ella Baddeley
Head of Operations

Adam Bienkov
Political and Online Editor

Josiah Mortimer
Chief Reporter

Nafeez Ahmed
Head of Investigations

James Bloodworth
Special Features Correspondent

Rachael Kerr
Editorial Support and Sub-Editor

Matt Gallagher
Communications and Operations

Peter Oborne
Diary

Caroline Lucas
That’s True Too

Anthony Barnett
Notes on Now

Otto English
On the Record

John Mitchinson
Zeitgeisters and The Upside Down

Mic Wright
Bad Press Awards

Martin Rowson
Cartoon

Tim Walker
Mandrake

Hardeep Matharu
Editor

Peter Jukes
Editor

Yes We Work
Design

Chris Hall
Sub-Editor

Steve Hayes
Design

Steve Dawson
Design

Byline tv and audio

More From the Byline Family

Byline Times’ sister organisations are the crowdfunding journalism platform Byline.com; the press corruption site Byline Investigates; the video channel Byline TV; Byline Books and Byline Festival. All are separate entities.

For those who want quicker access to exclusive content, more stories from the US, and more long reads and a more magazine-like feel, we’re proud to launch Byline Supplement on Substack. This is also a way to avoid Elon Musk’s increasingly erratic Twitter, by building a forum for followers of all the Byline brands to meet and talk, and get the stories delivered straight to your inbox. Some highlights of Byline Supplement will also make it into the print edition of Byline Times.