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BBC One
Bloomberg News
Energy Monitor
ES Magazine
The Essential Journal
GLAMOUR UK
The Guardian
IFR / LPC
IT Pro
Manchester Evening News
Newsquest
Sifted
Sky News
The Telegraph
The Times
Trusted Reviews
Your Holiday and Cruise Magazine
Freelance Update - Sarah Bridge
Freelance Update - Rowena Henley


BBC One
Sam Quek, Kimberley Walsh and Sara Cox will join Kym Marsh as permanent members of BBC One Daytime’s Morning Live presenting line up as the show prepares to broadcast from its new home in Manchester from Monday 21 February. The new line-up will present the show daily, in alternating pairings. Kym Marsh will continue to share co-hosting duties with Gethin Jones, while Rav Wilding will also remain a regular face welcoming a variety of guests onto the Morning Live sofa five days a week.

Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News has announced the appointment of its first UK National Editor. Victoria Wakely will join Bloomberg in April from the BBC where she has spent more than two decades across its flagship programmes.
Katie Linsell has joined the Consumer/Health team at Bloomberg News as its new beat reporter for UK Retail. She was previously a reporter on Bloomberg News' European Corporate and Leveraged Finance Team. Katie can be reached via email and found on Twitter @KatieLinsell

Energy Monitor
Oliver Gordon joined Energy Monitor this month as a Correspondent covering the transition to net zero and clean energy. Ollie was previously freelance, as well as Editor of Uxolo Development and Impact Finance. He can be found on Twitter @olliegordon88

ES Magazine
ES Magazine has announced the following updates to its editorial team:
Hannah Tindle (@hannahrosetindle) is now Fashion Features Director, joining from her Contributing Editor role at AnOther Magazine.
Jessica Skeete-Cross (@jessicaskeetecross) has been promoted from Style Editor to Style Director.
Joanna Taylor (@jo.m.taylor), previously Deputy Beauty Editor, is now Food and Drink Editor.

The Essential Journal
Jai Mcintosh has been appointed Editor of The Essential Journal, a free, bimonthly men’s magazine covering fashion, culture and style. Jai can be reached via email or found on Twitter @jai_mcintosh and Instagram @jaimcintosh

GLAMOUR UK
Luca Wetherby-Matthews has been promoted from Social Media Assistant to Associate Social Media Manager at GLAMOUR. Luca can still be reached at the same email address or found on Instagram @lucawetherbym

The Guardian
Helena Horton (@horton_official) has been appointed as an Environment Reporter for The Guardian. Helena, previously freelance, starts the role next week. Prior to freelancing she also reported on the environment at The Telegraph.

IFR / LPC
The following changes have been announced at IFR and LPC:
Ed Clark, who previously covered investment-grade corporate bonds, is now covering HY. He is a Senior Reporter.
Eleanor Duncan, who covered HY bonds, is now EMEA leverage loans editor.
Jihye Hwang has moved from the Asia office and is now covering investment-grade corporate bonds.

IT Pro
Dale Walker has been promoted from Deputy Editor to Managing Editor at IT Pro. Dale, who holds the same role across sister titles Cloud Pro and Channel Pro, can be reached at dale.walker@futurenet.com or found on Twitter @dale_a_walker

Manchester Evening News
Ben Arnold has joined the Manchester Evening News, where he’ll be covering Food & Drink and What’s On. Ben was previously freelance for the likes of The Guardian, Conde Nast Traveller and ShortList.

Newsquest
Joanna Morris (@jomorrisradar) will be joining Newsquest in March as Investigations Editor, North East of England and Cumbria. Joanna is currently working on PA Media’s RADAR data and robot reporting project and prior to that ran Newsquest’s data unit. In her new role Joanna will lead and project manage investigations and work with journalists in both the North East and Cumbria to conduct their own investigations.

Sifted
Amy Lewin (@amyrlewin) has been promoted to Editor of Sifted, the FT-backed platform covering startups and tech. Commissioning Editor Eleanor Warnock (@misssaxbys) succeeds Amy as Deputy Editor.

Sky News
Paul Stanworth is now Output Editor, Podcasts at Sky News. Paul, previously Acting Editor at BBC Newsbeat, has also worked at BBC Radio 5 live and for ITV. He can be reached via email or found on Twitter @paulstanworth

The Telegraph
Cara McGoogan is now a full-time Narrative Audio Journalist at The Telegraph. Cara has been a Features Writer for the paper since 2017 and is already the writer and host of Bed of Lies, a documentary podcast series investigating major British scandals. She will be developing more documentary podcasts and can be reached via email or found on Twitter @cjmcgoogan

The Times
Barney Henderson has joined The Times as Assistant Editor. Barney was previously at The Telegraph, where he was most recently Editor of telegraph.co.uk. He can be reached via email or found on Twitter @barneyhenderson

Trusted Reviews
Trusted Reviews is delighted to announce Max Parker’s promotion to Editor. The promotion is with immediate effect and puts Max in direct control of the day to day running of the whole editorial team. The promotion comes less than two years after he became the site’s deputy and mobile editor. Max will continue to directly run the mobile section, but will be aided by Peter Phelps, who has rejoined the site as Mobile Writer after a year writing for Trusted’s sister site Recombu. In his role he’ll be responsible for covering smartphones, tablets and wearables. Former Editor Alastair Stevenson has taken on the new role of Editor-in-Chief. He is responsible for Trusted Reviews Limited’s wider editorial strategy as a publisher.

Your Holiday and Cruise Magazine
Claire Oliver is now Assistant Editor for Your Holiday and Cruise Magazine. Claire will work with David Powell, Editor, and concentrate on family related holiday features and cruises.

Freelance Update - Sarah Bridge
Travel journalist and blogger Sarah Bridge is looking for hotels and other leisure experiences to review for her leisure reviews website ALadyofLeisure.com. Sarah has personally reviewed more than 200 hotels in the UK and is planning to add many more to the website in 2022. Each review is widely shared across her social media platforms and featured in her monthly subscriber email. Sarah, previously the Leisure Correspondent of The Mail on Sunday, can be reached via email and found on @sarahbridge100 and Instagram @aladyof_leisure

Freelance Update - Rowena Henley
Rowena Henley, formerly News & Features Editor at Bustle UK, has gone freelance. She covers everything from pop culture, travel, and theatre, to politics, health, and social justice issues. Rowena can be reached via email or found on Twitter @rowenahenley. Her portfolio can be viewed here.

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