Shall We Talk About Journalism? Part 3: Hail The Monkey Subs, The Heroes And Villains Of The Profession

In the third part of this series, I focus on sub-editors. Some think subbing is a dead end but do it right and it's a launchpad to a better career

Note: I entered journalism without any training at the age of 29 but became Football Editor of The Times. I’ve written for many publications, including columns for The Independent and the Evening Standard. I’m now a freelance writer and host The Athletic’s Liverpool podcast

In the first piece in this series, I made a mistake in the intro. I wrote ‘slight…