Editor's Profile: 1st draft

Stu Tarant is Editor of Digital Camera Buyer magazine, a position he has held for the last six years. His route into journalism was unusual to say the least: he saw his fortunes unexpectedly transform after suffering a heartbreaking family tragedy.

“My cousin was a prominent DJ and record shop owner in Bournemouth, who unfortunately died at the age of 32,” Stuart recalled. “I was asked to write an obituary for him for the Bournemouth Advertiser to appear in the now defunct Nightlife column. I was subsequently asked if I wanted to continue writing this column as they were impressed by my writing and knowledge.”

Taking the opportunity, Stuart later went on to take up a sub-editor position at Paragon Publishing (now Imagine Publishing), where he has worked as Editor of various other in-house titles including Practical Digital Video and Windows Made Easy.

For Stuart, a good journalist “always gets his facts straight.” Conveying the right message, he maintains, is the journalist’s no.1 priority.

Unmarried and without children, Stuart avoided disclosing his current salary, maintaining that what he is earning is “not nearly enough” – a not uncommon complaint among media professionals.

n.b. I have no idea why Blogger is putting the image in negative. I have uploaded it various times and poor Stu keeps appearing like a bizarre cold-blooded alien from Pluto. Sorry, Stu!