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The Times hires Hickson as assistant news picture editor

Alex Hickson

The Times has tapped Alex Hickson to serve as an assistant news picture editor. Recently, he served as a deputy picture editor at The Independent.

Before that, Hickson held the posts of picture researcher, senior picture researcher and assistant picture editor at Metro.co.uk. He also reported for Northern & Shell in London.

Hickson has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Sussex.

You can congratulate Hickson on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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