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New Statesman appoints Barnes associate editor/writer

Hannah Barnes

The New Statesman has hired Hannah Barnes as an associate editor and writer. In her new role she will write columns, investigative pieces, features and more.

Commenting on her new role, Barnes wrote on X/Twitter:

“It’s an opportunity I couldn’t pass up, and I can’t wait to join such a talented team and start this new challenge!”

Recently she was at the BBC, where she worked for more than a decade.

She was a senior journalist at BBC Newsnight and has held the posts of senior broadcast journalist/output editor and senior broadcast journalist in Radio Current Affairs.

Previously, she worked at Global as a broadcast journalist at GCap commercial radio network.

Barnes has a B.A. from the University of Oxford and a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from City, University of London.

Be sure to congratulate Barnes on X/Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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