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BroadwayWorld
Jonathan Marshall has been appointed UK Editor of BroadwayWorld, effective in May. Jon succeeds Marianka Swain, who is back to freelancing. Marianka is a regular contributor to the Telegraph, The i Paper, London Theatre, Radio Times and Dancing Times, among others.

Dorset Echo
Oliver McManus (@OliverGMcManus) has joined the Dorset Echo as a Digital Reporter. Oliver is in the final year of his BA in Multimedia Journalism and has previously produced freelance content for a number of boxing websites.

The Independent
Scarlet Anderson (@Scarlet_Vpa) has been appointed Deputy Head of Audience at The Independent, effective 23 May. Scarlet is currently Audience Growth Manager at GLAMOUR.

Insurance Post
Harry Curtis (@harrycurtispost) has been promoted to Senior Reporter at Insurance Post. He will remain covering the corporate beat and as well as being responsible for their ’60 seconds’ column he will also oversee the market moves and ESG sections of the magazine.
Harry Whitworth (@whitworthpost) has also joined the team as Data Journalist and will be covering Post’s celebrated listings such as the Top 100 UK Insurance, The Best Insurance Employer and their 2022 Census as well as finding out more about data the insurance sector holds.
Frances Stebbing (@PostFrancesS) has joined the team as a Reporter and she will be covering their broking, managing general agent and intermediated lines beat.

JPIMedia
JPIMedia Publishing Limited along with its regional subsidiaries will be rebranded from Friday 29 April under the umbrella of National World Publishing Limited. The company was acquired by National World plc in January 2021. The rebrand will include a new National World website and Connect Local commercial site.

Kerrang!
Zoya Raza-Sheikh (@zoyashvikh) will be joining Kerrang! next month as a Staff Writer. Zoya has worked at the Gay Times since 2020 and prior to that contributed to tmrw.  

PRWeek
Evie Barrett (@eviebarrett7) has been appointed as a Reporter for PRWeek UK, covering the latest industry news. Evie recently graduated with a BA in journalism.

RADAR
Andrew Dowdeswell (@a_dowdeswell) is now a Data Journalist at RADAR, the AI media agency partnered with PA Media. Andrew can be reached via email.

Reuters
William James has been appointed UK Breaking News Editor after nine years as a Political Correspondent.
Kylie MacLellan has also joined the breaking news team, taking on the role of UK Deputy Breaking News Editor after eight years in the lobby.

TalkTV
Sarah Hewson is joining TalkTV as Royal Editor. Sarah’s primary role will be as a regular commentator on stories about the Royal family on the station’s flagship evening news and current affairs programme, The News Desk with Tom Newton Dunn.

VOGUE
Amel Mukhtar has been promoted from Features Assistant to Associate Features Writer at British Vogue. In this newly created role Amel will write across a large range of subjects for print and online, from arts and culture to social media trends, lifestyle, viewpoints and beyond. Amel originally joined British Vogue as its Features Assistant in 2019.

WealthBriefing
Amanda Cheesley has joined the WealthBriefing family of news services as Deputy Editor, starting from 25 April, and is based in London. Amanda reports to Tom Burroughes, Group Editor. 

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