UK – 20 August 2015
This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the Independent, Express and Manchester Evening News; fashion, lifestyle and entertainment titles including Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and Lancashire Telegraph; business and finance changes at Marketing Week and The Bookseller, Science and Technology changes at Trusted Reviews and ComputerWeekly.com
News & Current Affairs
- Tui Benjamin has been appointed news editor at Mercury Press Agency. She was previously health reporter at Bolton News
- Dean Kirby has been appointed Northern correspondent at the Independent. He was previously a senior reporter at the Manchester Evening News
- Daniel O’Mahony has been appointed reporter for Sutton Guardian and Croydon Guardian
- James Morris has been appointed senior reporter at Islington Gazette
- Selina Sykes has been appointed online news reporter at the Express website
- News Letter editor Rankin Armstrong is to take early retirement. He has headed the editorial team for almost four years, and will step down in the autumn after 44 years in the industry
Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment
- Olivia Foster has been appointed acting entertainment editor at Marie Claire
- Natasha Miles has been appointed fashion assistant at Cosmopolitan magazine
- Jenna Gregory has been appointed as deputy editor at Period Ideas
- Laura Rowe has been appointed editor at Olive magazine
- Kathleen Silverfield has been appointed digital and social media assistant at Delicious. magazine and Healthy Food Guide
- Chris Flanagan has been appointed staff writer at FourFourTwo. He was previously a sports writer at the Lancashire Telegraph
- Natalie Rigg has been appointed editor at AnOthermag.com
Business & Finance
- Leonie Roderick has been appointed news reporter at Marketing Week
- Natasha Onwuemezi has been appointed junior reporter at The Bookseller
Health, Science & Technology
- Alastair Stevenson has been appointed reviews editor at Trusted Reviews
- Rob Zwetsloot has left his role as features editor at Linux User & Developer
- Lis Evenstad has been appointed management editor at ComputerWeekly.com
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