UK – 10 December 2015

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the BBC, the FT, the Daily Express, the MailOnline, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Somerset, and the Newcastle Journal; lifestyle titles including  Woman, Woman’s Own, InStyle, Refinery29, Professional Beauty and Candis; trade titles including  Moneywise, Mergermarket, This Is Money, Modern Investor and Architects’ Journal; health and tech titles including Infosecurity and the New Journal of Physics; and more.

News & current affairs

• Robin Brant has announced via Twitter that he is to become the BBC’s new Shanghai correspondent, moving from his current role as political correspondent
• David Oakley has been appointed corporate affairs correspondent at the FT. He was previously the paper’s investment correspondent
• Jen Trevorrow has been appointed showbiz reporter at the Daily Express
• Ryan O’Hare has been appointed UK science reporter at the MailOnline. He was previously assistant editor at Optometry Today.
• Emma Britton is to join BBC Radio Bristol in January as a solo Breakfast Show presenter, while Laura Rawlings gets her own solo show. Geoff Twentyman will be launching new daily sports programmes dedicated to the West’s biggest clubs and sports, from 6pm weekdays
• Claire Carter is the new breakfast show presenter at BBC Somerset
• Laura Hill has been appointed reporter across the Newcastle Chronicle, Newcastle Journal and Sunday Sun titles. She was previously a reporter at the Harrogate Advertiser
• Sam Cooper is moving to the Rotherham Advertiser, having left his role as reporter at the Pontefract & Castleford Express
• Vicky Gayle has been appointed reporter at the Daily Gazette
• Mathew Di Salvo has been appointed news reporter at SWNS

Fashion, lifestyle and entertainment

• Ali Pantony has been appointed features writer across Woman and Woman’s Own. She previously worked at Red magazine
• George Driver has been promoted to beauty writer at InStyle. She was previously beauty assistant at the title
• Nellie Eden has been appointed staff writer at Refinery 29. She was previously the deputy fashion editor at ASOS
• Amanda Pauley has been appointed as assistant editor at Professional Beauty
• Francesca Specter has been appointed editorial assistant at Healthy. She was previously a freelance online writer at Now
• Claudia Tanner has been appointed deputy editor at Candis
• Lauren Young has been appointed editorial assistant at Hair
• Emma-Lily Pendleton has been appointed editor at Professional Photography
• Rosanna Spence has been appointed deputy editor at Casual Dining. She was previously features editor at the title

Business and finance

• Moira O’Neill has announced via Twitter that she will become editor of Moneywise in the New Year. She is currently personal finance editor at Investors Chronicle
• Katrien Van Hoof has been appointed ECM reporter for Mergermarket and Dealreporter. She was previously a senior reporter at MandateWire
• Rebecca Rutt has been appointed UK online writer at This Is Money. She was previously senior insurance writer at MoneySavingExpert.com
• Daniel Rzasa has been appointed reporter at Modern Investor
• Sophie Barnes has been appointed senior reporter at Inside Housing. She was previously a reporter at the Health Service Journal.
• Rory Olcayto will leave the Architects’ Journal in February

Health, science and technology

• Dan Raywood has been appointed acting editor at Infosecurity, covering Eleanor Dalloway’s maternity leave until July
• Barry Sanders has been appointed editor in chief at the New Journal of Physics

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