Please answer the following question: Facts:   - caption: mason in 2015      - birth date: 23 january 1960    - name: paul mason    - nationality: british    - image: paul mason take back our world.jpg    - birth place: leigh , england , uk    - occupation: journalist and broadcaster   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul mason -lrb- journalist -rrb- .
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paul mason -lrb- born 23 january 1960 -rrb- is a british journalist and broadcaster .he was culture and digital editor of channel 4 news , becoming the programme 's economics editor on 1 june 2014 , a post he formerly held on bbc2 's `` newsnight '' programme .he is the author of several books , and a visiting professor at the university of wolverhampton .