PA Media taps Speare-Cole to serve as sustainability reporter

PA Media has appointed Rebecca Speare-Cole to the post of sustainability reporter. Recently, she served as a news reporter. Speare-Cole freelanced for Sky News, Yahoo News UK and Sun Money. She was also a news reporter at the Evening Standard and was a special reports editorial assistant at the Financial Times. She was a trainee […]

Ford joins ITV News as multimedia producer

ITV News has hired Lily Ford as a multimedia producer. Recently, she served as a social media journalist at PA Media. Previously, Ford worked as a reporter at Global and was a features assistant for Women’s Health Magazine at Hearst Magazines. She was also a columnist at Varsity Publications. Ford has a bachelor’s degree from […]

Scotsman welcomes back Hay as rural affairs correspondent/specialist

Katharine Hay has rejoined The Scotsman as a rural affairs correspondent/specialist. Hay reported for The Scotsman from January 2020 to September 2021 and held the same post at PA Media. She freelanced for JPIMedia and was a journalist at Newsquest. She interned at The New York Times, based in France. Hay graduated from the University […]

PA Media journalist Scott laid off

Danni Scott, a journalist at PA Media, tweets: “Some personal news. I am now looking for a new #journojob as Reach have terminated the contract with PA Media. Please get in touch with any opportunities in entertainment, tech, lifestyle, consumer or audience. Totally open to everything right now!” Prior to joining PA Media in February […]

Sherlock joins PA Media as Ireland reporter

PA Media has hired Cillian Sherlock as an Ireland reporter. Recently, he was at RTE, where he worked as a news presenter and then as a multimedia journalist. Sherlock was a digital journalist at Landmark Digital. He holds a B.A. from the University of Limerick. Be sure to congratulate Sherlock on Twitter.

PA Media hires Ping as social media journalist

Sarah Ping has joined PA Media as a social media journalist. Recently, she was an online reporter at Reach for the Dorset region. Ping was a writing contributor at The Universal Asian, where she shared stories and experiences of Asian-Americans and transracial adoptees. Ping has a B.A. from the University of Portsmouth and a M.A. […]

PA Media taps Parke to serve as East Midlands reporter

PA Media has hired Callum Parke as East Midlands reporter to cover breaking news for the region. Recently, he was at Derbyshire Live, where he worked as a trainee reporter and then senior reporter. He also reported for Platform Magazine, the magazine of Nottingham Trent Students’ Union. Parke has a B.A. from Loughborough University and […]

PA Media promotes Roper to head of entertainment and features

Kerri-Ann Roper, an entertainment editor at PA Media, has been promoted to the post of head of entertainment and features. Previously Roper was at MSN, where she worked as a senior editor. She also oversaw and managed digital content for 17 markets in EMEA and 11 markets across the Americas. Before that, she served as […]

Sunday Mirror taps Lazell to serve as features reporter

Louise Lazell has joined The Sunday Mirror/Sunday People as a features reporter. Recently, Lazell was a features reporter at PA Media. She was a senior journalist at Reach title Essex Live, where she pitched and wrote news for online and print among other tasks. As a freelance reporter for BBC Wales, she pitched and wrote […]

PA Media news reporter Frodsham departs for new opportunity

Isobel Frodsham, a news reporter at PA Media has left and joined BPL Consultants as a research associate. Frodsham tweets: “I’ve been offered a job in corporate investigations and so am changing industries! I’ve had a brilliant time at PA over the last few years and being a reporter has been the best job in […]