Jessica Brown is editor of the Daily Star''s celebrity column Goss.

Journalism career

Brown went to Solihull Sixth Form College

Solihull Sixth Form College

The Sixth Form College, Solihull is a further education college for students aged 16 to 19. It is situated on the outskirts of Solihull, West Midlands and draws students from across Solihull and Birmingham...

, she left with three A Levels in English Language and Literature, Sociology and Geography. She then graduated from Staffordshire University

Staffordshire University

Staffordshire University is a university with its main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford, Lichfield and Shrewsbury.- History :...

 with a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in Media Studies and Sociology.

Brown's career as a journalist started in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

 when she was employed as the music editor for 69 Magazine in 2002. She also had a weekly showbiz column in the Solihull And Warwickshire Guardian. She became a celebrity reporter for Star magazine between 2007–2008 and worked as a freelance showbiz journalist for New! magazine, Sunday Mirror

Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...

, Daily Mirror and The People

The People

The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....

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Radio presenter

Brown co-presented the breakfast show for Global Radio

Global Radio

Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

 on Galaxy Birmingham for five years from 2002. She also hosted her own Saturday breakfast show and a break beat show Breakz and Beatz every Friday night on the Galaxy digital network DAB

Digital audio broadcasting

Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....

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Daily Star Goss

Brown joined Goss at the Daily Star full-time in 2009 as one of The Goss Girls

The Goss Girls

The Goss Girls is the collective title for British newspaper the Daily Stars Goss column written by the paper's showbiz editor Jessica Brown and reporter Sonja Stephen....

, she was promoted to showbiz editor in March 2010.

Other media work

She regularly appears on Five News

Five News

5 News is the news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5, produced by Sky News. From 1 January 2005, Sky News was awarded the contract to provide the news for Channel 5, replacing ITN, which had provided the channel's news service from the channel's launch in 1997...

and Live From Studio Five

Live from Studio Five

Live From Studio Five was an early evening, British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. The show was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness...

 as a showbiz expert.
She was interviewed on Sky News

Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...

 for a Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 and Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...

 news feature.
She also chats on radio shows such as talkSPORT

TalkSPORT

Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....

 and LBC

LBC

LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...

's Saturday Night Live about celebrity news stories and The X Factor.

Controversy

In June 2009 Brown was involved in an altercation with glamour model Katie Price, who flew into a rage and threatened to "cut" Brown's face in Ibiza. Price had mistaken her for someone who works with ex husband Peter Andre

Peter André

Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...

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