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Crafts

CONSUMER
Channel 5 News
MyLondon
PA Media
POLITICO Europe
Stylist

FREELANCE
Rob Minto

Crafts
Riya Patel (@riyawriter) will be working as Freelance Associate Editor for Crafts magazine for the next six months on a part-time basis, while continuing other freelance projects.

Channel 5 News
Lexi Iles (@lexi_iles) has been appointed Assistant News Editor at Channel 5 News. Lexi was previously a Reporter at MyLondon, and prior to that was Regional Editor at Nub News.

MyLondon
Matt Spivey (@mattlspivey) is now a Content Editor at MyLondon, where he was previously a Senior Reporter. Matt can continue to be reached at the same email address.

PA Media
Storm Newton (@StormLNewton) is now a Health Reporter for PA Media, working within the PA Mediapoint division and also writing for the Newswire. Storm previously covered property for the Liverpool Echo, and spent over eight years as a business journalist at Insider Media.

POLITICO Europe
Abby Wallace (@abby_wallace3) recently joined POLITICO’s London office as Energy Reporter. Abby was previously a Companies Reporter and Marjorie Dean Fellow at the FT.

Stylist
Lisa Smosarski has been promoted to Editorial Director and Board Director at The Stylist Group; she will be working with the editors behind the scenes in addition to launching a new Stylist column and the podcast How To Work. Alix Walker is now Editor of Stylist, working alongside Digital Content Director Felicity Thistlethwaite.

Freelance Update
Rob Minto has left Newsweek, where he was Senior Editor, Data Projects. He will be working on the launch of Unredacted, the UK’s first permanent, public national security archive, but is also available for freelance projects, especially involving data journalism. He is also launching a new political data newsletter on Substack.