Career
He is currently Executive Sports Editor of The Sun"s online edition and writes for the paper. He is often asked to comment on sport, having appeared as a pundit for television and radio broadcasters including Sky News and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Five Live. Munro began his career at in 1990 as a freelance journalist, splitting his time between the sports desks of The Sun and another of Rupert Murdoch"s publications, The Sunday Times.
From March 1993, he worked solely for The Sunday Times, initiating the paper"s first Sport On television column.
He also wrote the Sports desk"s News Focus column, steering it through its transition to On The Record as well as reporting on football and boxing. In 1995 he was editor of the paper"s Rugby World Cup supplement and after editing the Euro 96 supplement for the tournament in England he was appointed The Sunday Times"s first Football Editor.
He held this position from May 1996 to November 2006, during which time he edited several more of the paper"s specialist supplements while being responsible for between 13 to 17 pages of The Sunday Times sports section on a weekly basis. In November 2006 he returned to The Sun as Executive Sports Editor of The Sun Online.
Munro was elected to the committee of the at the April 2007 AGM. Having served on the committee for four years he stood down in April 2011.
