Anker joins TalkTV as senior planning producer

TalkTV has hired Francine Anker as a senior planning producer. Recently, she was a senior producer at GB News. Previously, Anker worked as a news producer at ITV. She also held the posts of feature writer, senior feature writer and deputy features editor at Closer Magazine. Anker has a B.A. in English literature from the […]

Bunn swaps Reach plc for GB News

George Bunn, a reporter at Reach plc, is set to depart for a new role as a digital reporter at GB News. Previously, Bunn was a reporter for Reach plc’s title Staffordshire Live. He also worked as a general election news reporter at Sky News. Bunn has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the […]

Connor Bragger joins GB News as assistant producer

Connor Bragger has joined GB News as an assistant producer. In his new role, he is responsible for editing and compiling TV packages for the program, and to put together footage for breaking news stories. Bragger wrote on X/Twitter: “I’m so proud to be getting this opportunity and I can’t wait to learn and develop […]

Johnston swaps GB News for TalkTv

TalkTV has hired Lucy Johnston as an editor of its newly launched breakfast show “Talk Today.” She joined from GB News, where she was a series executive producer. Johnston also worked as a producer at BBC Studios, the BBC and ITV Entertainment. Previously, she worked at ITV for more than seven years, holding the posts […]

Reddin departs Express Newspapers for GB News

Dorothy Reddin has joined GB News as a digital senior royal reporter. She joins from Express Newspapers, where she worked as a royal lifestyle reporter. Previously, Reddin worked as a copywriter at fashion tech startup LABELL-D. She also worked as a trainee journalist at both South West Londoner and News Associates. Reddin has a B.A. […]

GB News taps Trapnell to serve as assistant news editor

GB News has hired Oliver Trapnell as an assistant news editor, a role he recently held at Express.co.uk. Trapnell joined Express.co.uk in February 2021 as an overnight reporter and then served as an overnight editor, managing a team of reporters. He also freelanced. Trapnell has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Kent. […]

GB News hires Hope as head of politics and political editor

GB News has hired Christopher Hope, also known as “Chopper,” as head of politics and political editor. Commenting on his new role, Hope said: “For me, the most exciting thing about joining GB News is the opportunity to bring politics to audiences who feel they’ve been poorly served by media in the past.” He joins […]

GB News names Gray digital head of lifestyle

GB News has hired Sarra Gray as digital head of lifestyle to cover health, property, travel, gardening, style and food. She joins from Reach plc, where she recently served as lifestyle and travel editor for Express.co.uk. There, Gray also held the posts of lifestyle reporter and senior lifestyle reporter for the title. She was a […]

GB News hires Sheldon as digital finance editor

GB News has tapped Jessica Sheldon to serve as a digital finance editor. Recently, she was a personal finance editor at Express.co.uk. Sheldon joined the Reach plc title in December 2017 as a showbiz reporter. Since then, she has also served as a lifestyle reporter, personal finance reporter and senior personal finance reporter. In addition, […]

GB News in UK hires Davies as digital entertainment and showbiz editor

Alex Davies has joined GB News as a digital entertainment and showbiz editor to cover all things showbiz, TV, film and music. Davies has been with Express Newspapers since November 2018, joining as a digital TV reporter. He has also served as digital senior TV reporter, digital deputy TV editor and recently as digital U.S. […]