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CONSUMER
BBC Newsnight
Channel 5
Future Plc
Hearst UK
JACKfm
POLITICO
Reuters
Sky News

FREELANCE
Chloe Laws

BBC Newsnight
Nawal Al-maghafi (@BBCNawal) has been appointed International Correspondent for BBC Newsnight, in a partnership with BBC World Service Languages. Nawal is a BBC Special Correspondent and has been reporting on the Middle East since 2012. She starts the new role in May.

Channel 5
Nimrat Ahluwalia (@Nimrat_Walia) has joined the team at Jeremy Vine On 5 as a Producer. Nimrat was previously a Senior Producer at GB News.

Future Plc
Jon Steinberg (@jonsteinberg) has been appointed CEO of Future Plc, effective from 3 April. Jon is a former CEO of DailyMail.com North America, having joined from BuzzFeed where he was President & Chief Operating Officer. His most recent role was as President of Altice USA's News & Advertising Division.

Hearst UK
Zoe Galloway has been promoted to Editorial Director, Ecommerce at Hearst UK. Zoe, who will be working across all titles, wants to hear about launches and innovations across homes, fashion, travel, beauty, grooming, tech, health and fitness.

JACKfm
Matt Richardson has been appointed host of JACKfm Breakfast, effective 13 March. Matt is a former host of Virgin Radio drivetime, working for the station up until 2019.

POLITICO
POLITICO Europe has launched POLITICO Pro Tech UK, a new subscription product focused on the UK technology sector. The new vertical will consist of a morning newsletter, news alerts and articles on the policy news around UK tech politics.

Reuters
Edson Caldas (@edsoncaldas) has started a new role as Section Editor, Environment at Reuters.com. Edson joins Reuters after almost five years at Twitter, most recently as Deputy Content Curation Lead, Global News.

Sky News
Dermot Murnaghan (@DermotMurnaghan) will be leaving Sky News at Easter after more than 16 years with the broadcaster. Before joining Sky News in 2007 Dermot held various roles at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

Freelance Update - Chloe Laws
Chloe Laws (@chloegracelaws) has gone freelance, and is available for commissions (politics, feminism, fashion, beauty, culture), editing, social media/strategy consulting, poetry, content creation, speaking events and copywriting. Chloe is also a Contributing Editor at GLAMOUR UK, where she will be writing weekly features.