Ex-MoS man Paul Field dies suddenly at age of 48
PAUL Field, a former executive editor of The Mail on Sunday, and one of the most talented journalists of his generation, has died suddenly, aged 48.
Paul started his career writing for his local newspaper while still at school in Suffolk.
After studying at the University of Hull, he worked at the Daily Mail, the Sunday People and Sunday Mirror before joining The Mail on Sunday as news editor in 2000, aged just 28.
Peter Wright, the then Editor of The Mail on Sunday, said: ‘Paul was a brilliant journalist who joined the paper as its youngest-ever news editor.
‘Not only did he have an unerring instinct for news, he built a team of highly talented reporters. He was devoted to his wife Michaela and their daughters, and will be hugely missed.’
Paul later moved to The Sun and US tabloid the National Enquirer before being rehired by The Mail On Sunday in 2006.
He was editor-in-chief of the Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday and associate editor of the Daily Mail and helped launch MailOnline.
Paul left to set up Touchcast, a cutting-edge video technology company.
He died on Friday after a suspected heart attack. He leaves his wife and three daughters – Olivia, Amelie and Ruby.