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The Sun makes two new hires

Lynsey Barber has joined The Sun as a senior digital consumer reporter.

Barber has previously covered personal finance, tech and business, on a freelance basis, as seen in The Sun, Wired UK, City A.M. and more. She was also chief editor at Nudge Global. She has also served as an online writer, senior online writer and tech editor at City AM.

She was also a reporter and then a digital editor at PRWeek.

Barber has also served as an editorial assistant at Haymarket Publishing and C Squared.

Barber holds a bachelor’s degree in media and communication from Goldsmith College, University of London.

Jessica Clark has also joined The Sun as a digital consumer reporter. She comes from City A.M. where she recently held the post of retail and property editor. Before that, she was a reporter covering retail and property, and was also a books editor.

She was also a news reporter at New Civil Engineer, and has also worked at News Shopper, Mancunian Matters, Mercury Press Agency Ltd, and YorkMix. She has also interned at The City Tribune.

Clark is a B.A. in English language and literature from the University of Liverpool and holds a NCTJ diploma in multimedia journalism from News Associates.

Mariam Ahmed

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