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TRBusiness
Faye Bartle has been promoted to Managing Editor Digital & Marketing at TRBusiness. Faye joined them last year as Executive Editor for Digital, Social and Marketing.

The Independent
Lawrence Ostlere (@lawrenceostlere) has been named Deputy Sports Editor and Sports Writer at The Independent. Lawrence has worked on the sports desk for over five years and was previously Assistant Sports Editor.

POPSUGAR UK
Gabriella Ferlita (@Gabriellaf_17) will be joining POPSUGAR UK as Contributing Associate Editor from 13 March. Gabriella will be covering entertainment, wellness, beauty and fashion.

Sky News Group
David Rhodes has been appointed Executive Chairman, Sky News Group with overall responsibility for Sky’s news services across EMEA. This pan-European role will focus on the development of a long-term commercial strategy for both Sky News UK and TG24 in Italy. Also confirmed is the promotion of Jonathan Levy to Managing Director and Executive Editor of Sky News UK, with the primary responsibility for the journalism on all UK Platforms including digital, TV and audio.

The Sun
Ayla Soguksu has joined The Sun’s Fabulous magazine as Senior Digital Writer. Pitches for tips and hacks around beauty, fashion and parenting can be sent via email. She is also looking for real life pitches on the above topics - hacks, fails, trolls who said someone shouldn't have done something etc.

The Times
Joshua Lowe (@josh_lowe) has been appointed Deputy Social Media & Platforms Editor for The Times. Joshua joined the title in 2021 as a Social Media Journalist.

Freelance Update - David Callaghan
Freelance business journalist David Callaghan is available for writing and editing commissions. His specialist areas include property, planning, housing, politics, local government, health and social care. His current and previous experience includes working for The Negotiator, ConservativeHome, Estates Gazette, Planning, Inside Housing, Local Government Chronicle, Pulse, Community Care and The Guardian online.

Freelance Update - Ernie Piper
Ernie Piper (@whoisernie) is a London-based investigative journalist who writes about mis/disinformation, conspiracy theories, digital culture, and travel. Investigations that he's worked on have been covered in Vice, Wired, the Guardian, and the New Statesman. Ernie, most recently an editor and reporter for the fact-checking company Logically, grew up in Alaska and lived for many years in Istanbul.