title: Alex Kay-Jelski
text: # Alex Kay-Jelski
  
  Alex Kay-Jelski is a British sports journalist, currently the editor-in-chief of The Athletic. He was previously the sports editor of The Times and the Daily Mail newspapers.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Kay-Jelski was educated at University College School in London, and then graduated with an MA in French and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh in 2007.
  
  ## Career
  
  Kay-Jelski began his career as a graduate trainee and sub-editor at the Daily Mail in 2007. He was promoted to deputy sports news editor in 2009 before being named sports editor in 2015. He left the Mail less than a year later to become sports editor at The Times.
  
  Key-Jelski was recruited in June 2019 to join the startup US sports website The Athletic. He has also appeared on Sky Sports and TalkSport radio.
  
  