News Corp Australia appoints Box editorial director of audio
News Corp Australia has hired Dan Box as editorial director of audio for NewsCast, its company’s on-demand audio arm. As per adnews.com: “Box will work alongside the company’s newsrooms to develop true crime audio programming as the business continues to build on Crime X, its audio-only true crime subscription offer available through Apple Podcasts. This […]
Reuters appoints Saito as an enterprise reporter
Mari Saito, a special correspondent at Reuters has taken over the role of reporter on the enterprise team. Previously, she was a correspondent, based in Japan, where she wrote enterprise and investigative stories. From July 2010 to July 2016, she was a reporter at Reuters, working stints from Tokyo, San Francisco and the Washington, D.C. […]
Bloomberg names Munshi Africa editor
Neil Munshi, West Africa editor at Bloomberg, based in Lagos, Nigeria, has been named Africa editor. He will be based in Nairobi, Kenya. During his more than 10 years at The Financial Times, he held the posts of Mumbai correspondent, Chicago and Midwest bureau chief, US correspondent/head of US newsletters and West Africa bureau chief. […]
Salmond appointed editor of The Herald
Catherine Salmond has been named editor of The Herald. Previously, she was an editor at Scotland on Sunday. Before that, Salmond was a live news editor at The Scotsman. She held the posts of assistant news editor, acting features editor and senior reporter at Edinburgh Evening News. Salmond graduated from the University of Glasgow. You […]
Stanley joins Newsquest titles as a digital audience and content editor
Megan Stanley has joined Newsquest titles, including the Hampshire Chronicle, Basingstoke Gazette and Salisbury Journal, as digital audience and content editor. Previously, Stanley was a local democracy reporter at MyLondon. She was a trainee reporter and senior journalist at Reach plc. She also worked at the BBC. Stanley has a bachelor’s degree from the University […]
Nottingham World taps Barry to serve as an editor
Caroline Barry, a journalist at The Nottingham Post, has left to join The Nottingham World as an editor. Barry’s work appeared in The Stylist, Euronews, The Independent and Cannabis Health News. She was a journalist working across Aspect Publishing titles, including Health Tech World and Cannabis Wealth. Barry has an honors degree in sculpture and […]
Reach appoints Fair communities editor
Tom Fair, a nostalgia writer at Reach plc, has been appointed communities editor. Previously, Fair held the posts of producer, head of news and deputy station manager at De Montfort University’s student radio station DemonFM. Fair has a BSc. from De Montfort University and M.A. from Birmingham City University. You can congratulate Fair on Twitter.
CNN editor Chowdhry departs
Affan Chowdhry, a senior planning editor at CNN, has left. His tweet reads: “#Journalism takes a team; I’m grateful I got to work with the best. To my #CNN family, thank you…and I’ll miss you! Today, I start with the media & communications team at the United Nations Population Fund.” Previously, Chowdhry was deputy foreign […]
Fowler to join CTV Ottawa as a weekend anchor/producer
Kimberley Fowler, a morning show anchor at Global News Regina, has left to join CTV Ottawa as a weekend anchor and producer. Previously, she was a digital broadcast journalist for Morning Live at Global News. Fowler’s tweet reads: “The past year and a half have been an absolute blur. I took a leap of faith […]
Laya named Andean bureau chief at Bloomberg
Bloomberg News executive editor Crayton Harrison sent out the following: Dear colleagues in Latam and beyond: We have a lot of excellent journalists across the region, and we need to look for ways to get the most out of their talent. To that end, we’re going to combine our Bogota and Caracas bureaus into a single Andean […]
