Richard Prest

Head of Content Development, DC Thomson, United Kingdom
Richard Prest is Head of Content Development at DC Thomson, based in Scotland. Richard was one of the leaders of the digital transformation of DC Thomson’s newsrooms which saw the company adopt an audience-focused approach to drive digital subscriptions as part of its involvement with Table Stakes Europe. Prior to his current role, Richard was a former editor of two newspapers.
Now he focuses on driving the creation of new content formats through his work with data journalism and investigations teams. He has also led teams creating video documentaries and the highly successful true crime serial podcast Hunting Mr X. Richard also specialises in helping teams to build strategic content plans and improve the effectiveness of their processes.