 The current editor is Gavin Thompson, succeeding Rob Stokes Previously Tim Dixon was editor from 2010 to 2014, and Andy Wright before him.The newspaper is put together by a small team of multi-skilled journalists known as content editors, working alongside the editor, and a small team of district reporters.The playwright Tom Stoppard started his career as a journalist on the "Western Daily Press", and other famous names to have worked for the paper include Sir Terry Pratchett.