Jim Macartney

James Edward "Jim" Macartney (15 July 1911 – 21 September 1977) was an Australian newspaper editor and executive from Perth, Western Australia. He served for periods as editor of the Daily News and The West Australian, and was later managing director of West Australian Newspapers Ltd. (WAN) from 1962 to 1969.

Macartney was born in Coolgardie, Western Australia, to Constance May (née Griffith) and Edward Hussey Burgh Macartney. His father, a surveyor, was a grandson of Hussey Macartney, a long-serving Dean of Melbourne. Macartney attended The High School in Perth, and went on to the University of Western Australia, where he edited two student publications, Sruss-Sruss and Pelican. He was sent down from the university after antagonising its authorities. Macartney joined The West Australian in 1928, and the following year he was made a cadet reporter. In 1934, he was made editor of the Broadcaster, a new weekly magazine published by WAN (the parent company of the The West Australian). Two years later, WAN bought the Daily News, and Macartney became its editor. He remained in the position until 1951, although he took a leave of absence from 1942 to 1945 in order to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He reached the rank of flight lieutenant, and spent periods with the No. 67 and No. 42 Squadrons, flying Avro Ansons and Catalinas in the South-West Pacific.

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