Media Updates - 23 October

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including the Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Campaign and more

News & Current Affairs

Izzy Ferris has been appointed showbiz reporter at the Daily Mail
Denis Staunton has been appointed London editor at the Irish Times taking over from Mark Hennessy. Staunton was previously the deputy editor at the title
Greg Hadfield has announced via Twitter that he is leaving Brighton & Hove Independent after three years at the publication
Bradley Jolly has been appointed online journalist at the Daily Star. He joins from the SWNS news agency
Beth Sharp has been appointed news editor for Coventry Observer and Solihull Observer
Rebecca Taylor has been appointed as reporter at Wandsworth Guardian. She was previously a reporter at the Surrey Advertiser
Alex Evans has been appointed acting night editor at the Star
Shelly Fountain, fashion and beauty writer at the Southern Daily Echo, is now on maternity leave
Gordon Simpson has left his role as senior sports reporter at the Southern Daily Echo
Ashley Preece has been appointed reporter at Great Barr Observer

Fashion, Lifestyle & Entertainment

Liz Edwards has been appointed associate editor at the Sunday Times Travel Magazine. She was previously contributing editor at the title
Sophie Bertenshaw has been appointed fashion intern and assistant at Marie Claire
Lydia Slater has been appointed deputy editor at Harper’s Bazaar and Town & Country
Alison Potter has been promoted to senior writer at Prima Baby & Pregnancy. She was previously staff writer
Francesca Battson has been appointed acting editorial assistant at Zoo magazine
Shannon Mahanty has been promoted to deputy entertainment editor for ASOS. She was previously entertainment writer at the site
Andy Ha has been appointed editorial assistant at Match of the Day magazine
Peter Byrne has been appointed web editor at WeddingDaily
Alaina Wong has been appointed online editor at Jamie magazine
DIARY directory has relocated offices to 79A York Street, Marylebone, London W1H 1QQ. They are still contactable via 020-7724 7770 / [email protected]. For all editorial news , please email [email protected]

Business & Finance

Peter Campbell, currently city reporter at the Daily Mail, is leaving the title to join the Financial Times as early companies and technology reporter
Attracta Mooney has been appointed asset management reporter for Financial Times and FTfm. She was previously senior reporter at Ignites Europe
Rebecca Jones has been appointed reporter and Alix Robertson as senior reporter at FE Week
Gideon Spanier has been appointed head of media at Campaign and will edit mediaweek.co.uk
ThisisMoney.co.uk has appointed Laura Whitcombe knowledge and product editor. She is interested in receiving product, financial education and small business pitches. Whitcombe is the co-author of Money Made Easy 2015/16 and was previously deputy editor of Moneywise magazine. She continues to contribute to Spectator Money
Harry Rose has been appointed editor at Which? Money. He was previously principal writer/researcher at the title
Keely Stocker has been appointed editor at Draper. She will be replacing Eric Musgrave who will be leaving the title
Jenna Gadhavi has been appointed insight editor for Pensions Insight and Engaged Investor. She replaces Laura MacPhee who has now left the publications

Health, Science & Technology

Jack Loughran has been appointed online news reporter at E&T Engineering & Technology Magazine. He was previously a senior reporter at MRW
Martin Bryant has been appointed editor at large and Matthew Hussey as editor in chief at Thenextweb.com

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