Alex Kay-Jelski

Alex Kay-Jelski is a British sports journalist, currently the BBC Director of Sport.[1] He was previously the sports editor of The Times and the Daily Mail newspapers,[2] and the editor-in-chief of The Athletic.[3]

Alex Kay-Jelski
Kay-Jelski in 2021
Born
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College School
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationJournalist
Years active2007-present

Early life and education

Kay-Jelski was educated at University College School in London, and then graduated with an MA in French and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh in 2007.

Views on fairness in women's sports

In March 2019, Kay-Jelski wrote a column for The Times in which he expressed the view that transgender women (biological males) competing in women’s sports was "not a huge problem".[4]

Career

Kay-Jelski began his career as a graduate trainee and sub-editor at the Daily Mail in 2007. He was promoted to deputy sports news editor in 2009 before being named sports editor in 2015- the first openly gay man in such a role.[5][6] He left the Mail less than a year later to become sports editor at The Times.[7]

Key-Jelski was recruited in June 2019 to join the startup US sports website The Athletic.[8][9] He has also appeared on Sky Sports and TalkSport radio.

In April 2024, Kay-Jelski was announced as the new BBC Director of Sport, replacing Barbara Slater.[1]

References
  1. "Alex Kay-Jelski appointed new BBC Director of Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. "Sun's Snowdon new head of sport at Times as Hallissey retires – Sports Journalists' Association". 20 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. "Alex Kay-Jelski". The Athletic. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. Kay-Jelski, Alex (11 June 2024). "There is no evidence of a crusade to obliterate women's sport". www.thetimes.com.
  5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2024/04/11/bbc-appoint-athletic-alex-kay-jelski-new-director-sport/
  6. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315616704-20/homophobia-interview-alex-kay-jelski-neil-farrington
  7. Turvill, William (2 November 2015). "Daily Mail sports editor Alex Kay-Jelski moves to same role on The Times". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  8. "Sports journalism in Britain is being attacked by an American predator". The Spectator. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. "The Athletic begins UK voyage seeking to disrupt all levels of football content". SBC News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.


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