GB News names Cooke digital political editor

GB News has hired Millie Cooke as a digital political editor. She will begin in August. Since October 2021, she has been at Reach plc, where she held the posts of news reporter and political reporter for the Daily Express. Cooke freelanced and was a junior researcher at BBC Newsnight. She reported for Archant and […]

Sky News hires Butterworth as news editor

Annie Butterworth has joined Sky News as a news editor. She came from GB News, where she held the posts of producer, senior producer and recently, senior series producer. Butterworth worked as a live news journalist at DC Thomson and as a news reporter at the Daily Mail. She served as acting deputy editor at […]

GB News senior producer Morgan departs

Lowri Morgan, a senior producer at GB News, has left. Her tweet reads: “After launching and starting with GB News nearly 2 years ago, today is my last day. It’s been a whirlwind but I’m walking away with some truly unforgettable experiences, opportunities and friends for life. “Thank you to everyone I met and worked […]

Micklethwaite departs GB News for new opportunity

Jamie Micklethwaite, a deputy news editor at GB News has left and joined as a deputy editor. Micklethwaite will cover crime and courts, science, tech, immigration, the police, the environment, climate change and UK politics, focused on future events. Previously, he worked at Express Newspapers as an overnight news reporter, overnight editor and assistant news editor. […]

Hope named head of politics, political editor at GB News

GB News has hired Christopher Hope as head of politics and as political editor. Hope has served as a Telegraph journalist since 2003. He held the posts of business correspondent; Whitehall editor; senior political correspondent and assistant editor; and chief political correspondent. He also presented “Chopper’s Politics,” the Telegraph’s weekly politics podcast. Hope has a […]

GB News journalist Blakemore departs

Alex Blakemore, a senior producer at GB News, has left. He joined in May 2021 as a producer. His tweet reads: “It’s been a brilliant journey I’ve put my everything into. I’ve met some extremely talented people who I’m proud to call friends for life! Here’s to the next chapter…” Previously, Blakemore was a producer […]

Ahluwalia departs GB News for Channel 5

Nimrat Ahluwalia has joined Channel 5 as a producer for Jeremy Vine. Previously, she was at GB News, where she worked as a television producer and senior producer. Ahluwalia was a news producer at Sky News. She has worked at Global and The Telegraph. Ahluwalia has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nottingham and […]

Jones joins ITV News’ ‘This Morning’ as senior news producer

ITV News has hired Lucy Jones as a senior news producer for “This Morning.” She joins from GB News, where she worked as a senior producer, and recently as an associate editor. Prior to joining GB News, Jones was a features writer at the Mail on Sunday. She worked as a showbiz reporter and health […]

McGuire joins GB News as Scotland video journalist

GB News has appointed Tony McGuire to the post of Scotland video journalist. He joined from The Scotsman, where he was an editorial video producer. Previously, McGuire worked at The Scotsman from January 2017 to August 2019 as a video editor. He freelanced and was a commercial video editor at JPIMedia. She was also a […]

GB News appoints Weeks as commercial director

Upcoming digital and television news network GB News has named David Weeks as its commercial director, reports The Drum. Weeks is also a client and partnership consultant at Discovery. He also held the same post at Pearl & Dean. Weeks was also with The Week for more than 10 years working as an executive director […]