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Financial Times
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Byline Times
Daily Record
Goodto.com
Heart
National Geographic Traveller
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Nub News
Sky News
TANK
The Telegraph
What Hi-Fi?

FREELANCERS
Sabuhi Gard
Deborah Murtha

 
Financial Times
The Financial Times has appointed Adrian Barrick (@adrianbarrick) as Editorial Content Director of FT Specialist Europe, which includes The Banker, Investors’ Chronicle and fDi Intelligence, among other brands.

William Reed
Liza Laws has been appointed Senior Editor of the trade publications Outsourcing Pharma and BioPharma Reporter. Liza was previously Senior Editor at Labiotech.eu, covering the biotech industry. Liza can be found on LinkedIn.

Yandell Publishing
Joanna Thomson has been promoted to Editor of the trade titles Food Management Today and Meat Management. Joanna was previously Deputy Editor of both titles, having joined Yandell Publishing in 2021 as an Editorial Assistant. Joanna can be found on LinkedIn and reached via email.

Byline Times
Josiah Mortimer (@josiahmortimer) has been appointed Chief Reporter at Byline Times, covering political news and social issues. He is interested in the human impacts of policy, as well as democracy, social issues, and stories not receiving enough attention elsewhere.

Daily Record
Andrew Quinn (@AndrewJQuinn97) has moved to the Daily Record as their Westminster Reporter, joining from The Telegraph. Andrew covers UK politics from a Scottish perspective and can be reached via email.

Goodto.com
Stephanie Wood has been named Acting Editor at Goodto.com, covering for Anna Bailey’s maternity leave. Stephanie was previously Editor of Fit&Well and can continue to be reached at the same email address.

Heart
Lindsey Russell has been named host of early breakfast on weekdays at Heart, presenting Monday to Friday from 4am to 6.30am. In addition, Rob Howard is joining Heart from its sister station Capital to host early breakfast on weekends, from 6am to 9am.

National Geographic Traveller UK
Lorna Parkes (@Lorna_Explorer) and Georgia Stephens (@Stephens_GA) have been appointed Commissioning Editors at National Geographic Traveller UK; they can be reached via email.

News UK
The following appointments have been announced:
Dennie Morris has been named Director of Audio, News Broadcasting. Previously Programme Director of TalkRadio, Dennie will take overall responsibility for output across leading national audio brands talkSPORT and Virgin Radio UK.
Liam Fisher, currently National Speech Radio Controller, takes on the role of Head of talkSPORT.
Kathryn Anastasi, currently Head of Live Sport for talkSPORT, is named Deputy Head of talkSPORT.

Nub News
Sarah Garner (@sarahegarnerr) is now Editor of the newly launched Stoke Nub News, in the latest expansion of the hyperlocal news network. Sarah can be reached via email.

Sky News
Serena Kutchinsky (@SKutchinsky) has joined Sky News as Assistant Editor for Premium Content, working on the digital and mobile team. Serena was previously Director of Editorial at JOE Media, and prior to that was an Assistant Editor at BBC News.

TANK
TANK magazine has announced the following team updates:
Eve Bailey has been named Fashion Coordinator.
Augustine Hammond (@augustinehammond) has joined as a Fashion & Culture Writer.
Matteo Pini has started as Editorial Assistant.

The Telegraph
The Telegraph has made two new editorial appointments to its features team:
Lucy Hunter Ford (@lucyh_j) joins the Telegraph as Features Director having previously worked as Executive Editor and Features Editor at the Evening Standard.
Susannah Butter (@susannahbutter) becomes Head of Live Features. She joins from the Sunday Times Culture magazine where she was Acting Deputy. 

What Hi-Fi? 
Alastair Stevenson (@monkeyguru) has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Future’s title What Hi-Fi?. Alastair was previously Editor-in-Chief of Trusted Reviews.

Freelance Update - Sabuhi Gard
Previously Commercial Business Finance Tech Editor at The Telegraph, Sabuhi Gard is available for commissions related to personal finance, small business, investment, and lifestyle. Sabuhi has contributed to FTSE 100 software firm Sage’s Advice blog, UK content agency APL Media, Investment Week, Professional Adviser, Confused.com, Gocompare.com, and inews.co.uk. She is on Twitter @sabuhi_gard

Freelance Update - Deborah Murtha
Former Deputy Editor Deborah Murtha (@debmurtha) has left her role at Creative HEAD Magazine to go freelance. She will be available for feature and copywriting commissions from late January for print and digital content covering beauty, health and wellness.