UK Media Moves: Thursday 19 September

UK Media Moves including BBC's Newsbeat, Bloomberg, Evening Standard, Financial Times, ITV News, OK!, S&P Global Market Intelligence, The Telegraph and The Times. Plus, a special message from the Senior Alerts Editor!

BBC - Newsbeat
Bloomberg
Country & Town House
Evening Standard
Eye to Eye Media
Eye to Eye Media
Financial Times
Financial Times
ITV News
OK!
Refinitiv
S&P Global Market Intelligence
TheBusinessDesk.com
The Good Web Guide
The Telegraph
The Times
Freelance Update - Abby Driver
Freelance Update - Natasha Pearlman
Freelance Update - Rachael Revesz
Freelance Update - Nicola Slawson
Journalist Update - Hannah Wilkinson
Amnesty Media Awards 2020
Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture 2019
Lessons from a journalist: How to secure media coverage
NGOS and the Media: The Insiders' Guide to Achieving Press Coverage
BSME Christmas Quiz
Message from the Senior Alerts Editor

BBC - Newsbeat
Serena Kutchinsky has been appointed Assistant Editor at BBC's Newsbeat. Serena was previously Editorial Lead at BBC Three. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/skutchinsky

Bloomberg
Kat Van Hoof has joined Bloomberg’s London bureau as ECM Editor. She was previously Capital Markets & Investment Banking Editor at The Banker. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/katvanhoof_

Country & Town House
Sofia Tindall has been appointed Features Assistant and Sub-Editor at Country & Town House. She was previously Digital Assistant at GRAZIA and a Freelance Features Writer at COSMOPOLITAN.

Evening Standard
Lizzie Edmonds is now Showbusiness Reporter for the Evening Standard. She was previously Consumer Affairs Reporter for the newspaper. She would like to hear about celebrity interviews and London events.

Eye to Eye Media
Rebecca Brett, Digital Editor at delicious. and Healthy Food Guide, has now gone on leave with Fiona Logan covering. Previously Assistant Digital Editor, she will be stepping up to her role as Acting Digital Editor. Fiona welcomes food-related content ideas, new products, interviews, travel and trends.

Eye to Eye Media
Ellie Donnell has been appointed as Acting Assistant Digital Editor at delicious. magazine and Healthy Food Guide. Previously Digital Content Editor, she would like to hear about health, fitness, nutrition and new healthy products.

Financial Times
Valentina Romei is appointed Economics Reporter at the Financial Times. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/valentinaromei

Financial Times
Helen Warrell is appointed Defence and Security Editor at the Financial Times. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/helenwarrell

ITV News
Andrew Dagnell is now Head of Newsgathering at ITV News, He was previously Acting Head of Newsgathering and prior to that, was UK Specialists News Editor. He can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/andrewdagnell

OK!
Charlotte Seligman has been appointed Editor at OK! magazine. She was previously Head of News and Entertainment at ITV's This Morning. 

Refinitiv
Daniela Guzmán Peña has been appointed Reporter at Refinitiv’s Loan Pricing Corporation. Based in New York City, she covers US investment grade and loan markets in Latin America. Previously a Reporter at Bloomberg, she can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/_danielaguzman_

S&P Global Market Intelligence
The following changes have been announced at S&P Global Market Intelligence:

Camilla Naschert has joined the London newsroom as a Reporter covering renewable energy and European utilities. Camilla writes about mergers and acquisitions, legislative issues and the investment landscape as European countries transform their energy sectors. She previously covered European biofuel markets for Argus Media in London. Camilla can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/camillanaschert, and on LinkedIn.

Claire Wilson has joined the London newsroom as an Editor covering the private equity and real estate industries. Most recently, Claire was a Writer and Editor at BlackRock, writing and editing blogs, articles, video scripts and webpages for institutional, retail and end investors. Prior to that, she was an Editor with PEI Media covering private funds management. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/c1arawi1son

TheBusinessDesk.com
Adrian Murphy, West Midlands Editor at TheBusinessDesk.com, has left. Sam Metcalf, Editor of the Nottingham section, will now also cover the West Midlands. He can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/sam_metcalf

The Good Web Guide
Nancy Alsop has been appointed Editor at The Good Web Guide. In her new role, Nancy is looking for interviews with inspirational people whose work is either predicated around exemplary websites, or complemented by them. The more forward-looking the better. Sectors include shopping (fashion & beauty), travel, homes & gardens, food & drink, tech and lifestyle. She is also on the look out for news stories around these sectors, ideas for listicles (e.g. 10 of the best eco lodges) and candidates for websites of the year. She was previously a Freelance Journalist and former Chelsea Magazines Editor.

The Telegraph
Emma Cooke has joined The Telegraph’s travel team as Content Editor. She was previously Digital Editor at easyJet Traveller and prior to that, worked as a Lifestyle Writer at BuzzFeed. Emma can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/petiteblondine and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/petite.blondine

The Times
Matt Lawton has joined The Times as Chief Sports Correspondent. Previously Chief Sports Reporter at the Daily Mail, he can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/lawton_times

Freelance Update - Abby Driver
Freelance Journalist Abby Driver has now launched her new website www.abbydriver.com. She now predominately covers health and wellbeing. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/_abbydriver

Freelance Update - Natasha Pearlman
Natasha Pearlman, former Editor of GRAZIA and former Consultant Editor at GLAMOUR, has relocated to New York. For freelance work and commissions she can be found on Instagram at www.instagram.com/tashpearlman and found tweeting at www.twitter.com/tashpearlman

Freelance Update - Rachael Revesz
Freelance financial journalist Rachael Revesz has launched a new podcast called 'An Honest Account', about how money affects our lives. It's sponsored by Moneybox, the investment app, and features open conversations around money and work, mental health, relationships and more, followed by a small segment of practical advice with an expert. Rachael is keen to collaborate with brands, money experts and be sent the latest studies around money, especially those which are relevant to women aged between 20 and 45. She also is looking for listeners to contribute their money questions to get the answered on the show.

Freelance Update - Nicola Slawson
Nicola Slawson has left her role as a Assistant News Editor at HuffPost (UK) and is now available for commissions. Nicola specialises in news features, social affairs and the real stories behind the headlines. She also occasionally writes personal essays, opinion and features on popular culture/lifestyle. She can be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/nicola_slawson

Journalist Update - Hannah Wilkinson
Confetti magazine's Deputy Editor Hannah Wilkinson has changed her email address. She’s interested in hearing about the latest in bridal fashion, wedding venues and travel/honeymoons.

Awards

Amnesty Media Awards 2020
Amnesty International UK is inviting entries for its 28th annual Media Awards, a prestigious set of awards that recognise the vital role journalists play and the serious risks they face in highlighting human rights abuses around the world. Entries can now be submitted at: amnesty-media-awards.org.uk. The closing date for entries is Thursday 23 January 2020 and the award ceremony will be held in London on Wednesday 22 April 2020. Entries must be from a media outlet based in the UK and published or broadcast for the first time in the UK between 1 January and 31 December 2019.

Events

Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture 2019
Mark Thompson, President and CEO of The New York Times Company, and former Director General of the BBC, will deliver this year's Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture.

The net proceeds from the event will go to the Steve Hewlett Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance to journalism and TV production students from low-income backgrounds. BBC Studios will sponsor the post-lecture drinks reception.

It takes place on Tuesday 24 September, at 6pm for a 6.30pm start, at The University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7BY. Book tickets here.

Lessons from a journalist: How to secure media coverage
Freelance journalist Suzanne Bearne, who writes for national titles including The Guardian, The Observer and the BBC and runs The Guardian's PR and Marketing Masterclass, is running a workshop in Edinburgh this month, as well as her regular webinars which can be watched from the comfort of your own home.

Delving into her 12 years' experience as a journalist across trade, national and consumer titles, Suzanne will offer guidance on working with the press, the creative and fun ways to be featured in the media, how to pitch a journalist, what to include in a press release, how to take advantage of digital platforms, and provide tips on building relationships with both in-house and freelance journalists.

The next workshop takes place in Edinburgh on 25 September – click here for more information. Suzanne also hosts webinars and can be reached at susiebearne@hotmail.com for more information.

NGOS and the Media: The Insiders' Guide to Achieving Press Coverage
There are hundreds of charities competing to get their stories and messages into the media. In this training morning, award-winning journalist Tom Parry and Nine Media co-founder, journalist and charity comms expert Karen Attwood will teach you the most effective ways to maximise your chances of getting coverage for your organisation from the field. This might be through content that your charity has collected and that you wish to pitch into the media, via press trips where journalists are taken to visit your programmes or by using your spokespeople effectively.
How to get your content from the field into the media covers the do’s and don’ts of getting stories and photographs your organisation has collected into the media, as well as techniques to find and contact journalists and publications which cover humanitarian issues.
What the media want from a spokesperson will explore how the media and the relationship with charity spokespeople.
How to organise a successful field trip has Tom and Karen using their own first-hand experience to explain how to organise the most effective press trips to the field.
The next session takes place on 30 October 2019, at the Citizen M hotel in London. Book a place here.

BSME Christmas Quiz
The BSME Christmas Quiz is back, returning to The Phoenix Arts Club on Monday 25 November, and hosted by Simon O’Hagan of the Radio Times as quizmaster. It’s time to hone your general knowledge, sharpen up your inter-team competitive spirit and book your team of six – or a smaller group and we’ll make up composite tables where necessary.  Tickets cost just £28 + VAT, or £150 + VAT for a table of six.  The price includes a couple of drinks, sharing platters for the tables, a cracking prize for the winning table AND the famous bumper BSME Christmas gift bag for everyone who takes part! There will also be a raffle in aid of SKRUM, which fights the spread of HIV and AIDS in Swaziland, a country where 27% of people over the age of 15 are infected. Click here to book.

Message from the Senior Alerts Editor

After joining Gorkana (now Cision) as a two month temp, I have stayed for 10 years, with the last 7.5 years editing our alerts. The time has come for me to say goodbye to Cision and to the readers of this alert. It has been a pleasure and privilege to communicate with so many people for work purposes, at journalism awards ceremonies and at industry networking events.

Whether you are someone who has got in touch about your new role, given us the go-ahead to help spread the good news about yourself or a colleague, or simply been a regular reader – thank you and goodbye! Dejla Kadhim.

The alerts will return next week. To be featured, email us at ukmediaupdates@cision.com