Andrew Butler is Deputy Sports Editor of The Observer, having worked as a sports journalist and digital content creator at News UK and written for outlets including ESPN Cricinfo, BBC Sport and Nottingham Forest FC. He is a Brookes alumnus and studied Sport & Coaching Studies with English Language & Linguistics, graduating in 2011. He has a Masters degree in Newspaper Journalism from Nottingham Trent and started his career at BBC Radio Nottingham. He worked at Tortoise Media as Head of Social Media & PR before taking up his current role.