Gander joins Insider as health editor
Insider has hired Kashmira Gander as a health editor. She joins from Newsweek, where she recently served as science editor. Before that, she has held the posts of reporter, senior reporter, health correspondent, deputy science editor and acting science editor at Newsweek. She was also a senior features writer at the International Business Times in […]
BBC names O’Reilly video journalist/digital reporter
Gem O’Reilly has been appointed video journalist and digital reporter for BBC News and BBC World, covering global news. Currently, O’Reilly is a broadcast journalist at BBC London, where she focuses on digital, TV and radio news. Before that, she served a broadcast journalist at BBC Stories & Trending, creating video, text and radio. She […]
Sunday Express promotes Williamson to political editor
The Sunday Express has appointed David Williamson as political editor. Previously, he held the post of deputy political editor. He has also worked as a political editor at the Western Mail/Wales Online. He has also served as a trainee reporter, senior reporter and business correspondent at the Western Mail in the U.K. Williamson graduated from […]
Pollard swaps the Independent for the i Paper
The London-based i Paper has hired Alexandra Pollard as deputy culture editor. She joins from The Independent, where she held the same post. Prior to joining The Independent in September 2018, Pollard was working freelance for The Guardian, Dazed and others. She was also an intern and staff writer at Gigwise, an online publishing company […]
Why Quartz believes people will pay for an Africa newsletter
Bron Maher of Press Gazette writes about how Quartz hopes that a paid-for Quartz Africa weekly email newsletter will pave the way for its new paid content strategy. Maher writes, “The new paid Quartz Africa Member Brief newsletter, on the other hand, ‘is for people who want to have more of a deep dive… “‘We will […]
Shotter to become FT’s Jerusalem correspondent
The Financial Times has tapped James Shotter to become its Jerusalem correspondent. He will start in mid May. Shotter has been based in Warsaw for the past five years as its Central Europe correspondent. He also was posted to Frankfurt covering German finance, and before that to Zurich as Switzerland and Austria correspondent. He joined the FT […]
FT taps Quinio as Paris correspondent
The Financial Times has promoted Akila Quinio to Paris correspondent, covering French politics, business and finance. She recently held the post of asset management reporter. Her new role begins on May 1. Quinio has previously also worked freelance. She has also worked in customer operations, social media operations and AML operations at Monzo Bank, one […]
Metro.co.uk hires Bond as features writer
Kimberley Bond has joined Metro.co.uk as a features writer, covering long reads and investigative pieces on news, lifestyle and entertainment. Previously, she reported on fashion, beauty, celebrity news, new TV releases and real life stories for TYLA in London. Before that, Bond was a showbiz reporter at the Evening Standard. She has also worked freelance […]
Bloomberg hires Solon for tech team in London
Olivia Solon has been hired by Bloomberg News to work on its tech team in London. She will be writing and editing, working on features and investigative stories. Solon has been on the tech investigations team at NBC News in San Francisco and London. Before NBC, she was a senior reporter at The Guardian reporting on Silicon Valley’s […]
Daily Echo journalist Rimell departs for Autocar
Will Rimell has joined Autocar, a leading British motoring magazine published by the Haymarket Media Group, as its deputy news editor. Recently, Rimell was an audience and content editor, website and social media at the Daily Echo in the U.K. He previously worked at the Daily Echo from September 2015 to December 2017 as a […]
