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Reuters head of digital newsgathering and verification Baker departs

Hazel Baker

Hazel Baker, head of digital newsgathering and verification at Reuters, has left after “five incredible years,” as she put it on a Twitter post.

She oversaw the work of journalists specializing in digital content. Before that, she served as global head of user-generated content newsgathering.

Baker has also worked as a producer, digital editor, home news editor and planning editor at Sky News, and was an online producer at ITV.

Baker has a B.A. from the University of Oxford and a M.A. from the University of Central Lancashire.

Mariam Ahmed

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