openDemocracy hires Lott-Lavigna as news and politics reporter

The outlet openDemocracy has appointed Ruby Lott-Lavigna as a news and politics reporter. Lott-Lavigna was a senior staff writer at Vice, which she joined in 2017 as a staff writer. She worked freelance for The New Statesman and Guardian News & Media. She interned at Wired and Mumsnet. Lott-Lavigna graduated from the University of Leeds. […]

Mail on Sunday’s Fraser departs for House Magazine

Tali Fraser, a features journalist at Mail on Sunday has left to join The House Magazine as a features writer, based in Westminster. Fraser interned at and freelanced for The Spectator, The Yorkshire Post and PoliticsHome. She also worked at The Times and the BBC. Fraser has a B.A. from the University of Leeds. You […]

Hearst appoints Terry deputy features editor

Kaya-Victoria Terry has joined Hearst U.K. as deputy features editor of Best Magazine. Terry will cover news, real-life, lifestyle, books and true crime. Terry was a news reporter at MailOnline and a features writer at Bauer Media Group. She was a freelance showbiz journalist for multimedia newswire Bang Showbiz. Terry has a B.A. in journalism from […]

Hearst U.K. hires Green as lifestyle features writer

Hearst U.K. has hired Georgia Green as a lifestyle features writer. Green will work across Good Housekeeping, Red and Prima and cover women’s lifestyle news, trends and real life stories/case studies. Previously, she was a digital content editor for You Magazine at The Mail on Sunday, a role in which she covered fashion, beauty, lifestyle, […]

Bloomberg hires Meddings as UK business reporter

Bloomberg News has hired Sabah Meddings as a UK business reporter based in London. She will start Oct. 31. Meddings is currently chief business correspondent for The Sunday Times. She primarily writes about pharmaceuticals, consumer and leisure, writing for the paper’s business section on everything from gambling to tobacco, life sciences and Britain’s biggest consumer companies. She […]

McCann appointed editor in chief of Saga Tech

John McCann has joined Saga Tech as editor in chief. McCann will be “heading up a consumer tech site in Saga’s new media division, managing a team covering the latest consumer tech.” Recently, McCann was a global managing editor at TechRadar. Previously, he served in a number of capacities surrounding phones, tablets and wearables coverage, […]

DeSmog deputy editor Collett-White departs for grad school

Rich Collett-White, deputy editor at DeSmog U.K. will leave at the end of the month to pursue his master’s degree. Previously, Collett-White served as an investigative reporter. He worked freelance and interned at DeSmog. Collett-White has a B.A. from the University of Oxford.

Bloomberg hires Afanasieva as a reporter in London

Dasha Afanasieva has been hired by Bloomberg News as a reporter covering consumer goods in London. She has been a columnist in London for Reuters Breakingviews writing about the consumer goods sector, as well as Russia and Turkey. She has been at Reuters since 2012 as deals reporter in London and Turkey correspondent, covering the […]

Biino joins Business Insider to cover creator economy

Marta Biino, influencer and creator economy fellow at Business Insider, has joined full-time as a junior creator economy reporter. Previously, Biino was a freelance analyst at NewsGuard Technologies and a freelance contributor at Jefferson – Lettere sull’America. She interned at Coda Media and Lavazza Group. Biino has a B.A. from SOAS University of London and […]

Neilan departs Business Insider for Tortoise

Catherine Neilan, senior U.K. political editor at Business Insider, has left and joined Tortoise as an editor, focused on politics. Previously, Neilan was a politics live editor at The Telegraph. Before that, she was with City A.M., where she worked as a social media editor, breaking news and communities editor, and then as a political […]