Alan Rusbridger is a British journalist and editor of Prospect magazine. He is the former head of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was editor of the Guardian from 1995 to 2015. He lead the Guardian through the WikiLeaks
Rusbridger became editor-in-chief of The Guardian in 1995, having been a reporter and columnist earlier in his career.
From 2015 to 2021, Rusbridger was principal of Lady Margaret Hall in the University of Oxford. He was appointed chair of the university's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in 2016. In 2020, Rusbridger was announced as one of the first members of the Oversight Board created by Facebook, with his appointment as the incoming editor of Prospect magazine announced in July 2021.