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Freelance Update - Margarita Mitchel Pollock

Bauer Media
Emma Richardson is now a Commercial Content Writer at Bauer Media, working across Heat, Closer, Grazia, and What's The Best. Emma has completed internships at Immediate Media as well as Bauer. She can be reached via email or found on LinkedIn.

British Vogue
British Vogue has announced that Munroe Bergdorf will join the title as a Contributing Editor. The model and activist most recently appeared on the cover of the magazine’s August issue celebrating LGBTQ+ stars. With an existing audience of over a half a million on social media, Bergdorf will use her new role at British Vogue to continue her work amplifying marginalised voices, offering insight and instruction on feminism, diversity and LGBTQ+ topics. 

COSMOPOLITAN
Lydia Venn (@LydiaVenn) has joined COSMOPOLITAN UK as Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer, where she will be covering TV, film and celebrities as well as food, drink and interiors. Lydia previously worked as Features Editor at student website The Tab.

Financial Times
The Financial Times is expanding its coverage of corporate America by creating a new professional services team based in New York. The new team will be led by Stephen Foley (@stephenfoley), who has been appointed US Accounting Editor, and Joe Miller (@JoeMillerJr), who becomes US Legal Correspondent. Both roles will be based in New York. 

Herald & Times Group
Catriona Stewart (@LadyCatHT) has left the Glasgow Times after 13 years with the paper; she continues as a Columnist for The Herald and a Writer at Large for HeraldScotland.com.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE
Josie Goodbody has joined KNIGHTSBRIDGE, the soon to be launched print, luxury-lifestyle magazine. Josie is Editor for the Jewellery, Watches and Fashion sections and can be reached via email.

POLITICO Europe
POLITICO is expanding its existing Paris Influence weekly newsletter into a full-blown subscription product in French, targeting a professional France-based audience. Paul de Villepin, Alexandre Léchenet and Jason Wiels will join POLITICO Reporter Elisa Braun. The daily coverage will provide POLITICO Pro subscribers with exclusive insights into the making of French legislation and behind the scenes pushes of various interest groups. It will focus heavily on the world of lobbying and public affairs, issues of transparency and potential conflicts of interests, as well as the movers and shakers inside Paris’ political power houses.

Reuters
Francesco Guerrera (@guerreraf72), Deputy Editor at La Repubblica, is to join Reuters Breakingviews as Global Economics Editor. Francesco will be based in London and starts the new role in November.

The Telegraph
Claire Hubble is now Deputy Head of Social Media at The Telegraph, joining the team from her role as Social Media Insights and Development Editor at MyLondon. Claire can be found tweeting at @byclairehubble

The Telegraph
Samuel Lovett (@samueljlovett) will be joining The Telegraph next month as Deputy Global Health Editor, where he will be helping to lead coverage of infectious diseases, humanitarian crises, international development and other issues. Sam is currently Senior News Correspondent at The Independent. In his new role he will be accepting pitches for story ideas from freelancers.

The Times
Tony Gallagher has been appointed as Editor of The Times. Tony joined The Times in 2020 as Deputy Editor and previously served as Editor-in-Chief of The Sun from 2015. He joined The Sun from the Daily Mail where he was Deputy Editor, and from 2009-2014 he was Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

Wakefield Express
Kara McKune (@karamckunenews) has joined NationalWorld as a Digital Journalist for the Wakefield Express. Kara is based in Leeds and can be reached via email.

The Washington Post
Alexandra Ma (@AlexandraMa15) has moved to The Washington Post as Breaking News Editor in the paper’s London hub. She joins the Post from Insider, where she was Senior News Editor in their London bureau.

Woo
Woo, ITV’s new media culture brand for Gen Z, has appointed Sophie Wilkinson (@sophwilkinson) as Acting Editorial Lead and is keen to see press releases related to art, architecture, travel, health and entertainment.
Megan Wallace (@meganhwallace) has joined as Features Editor from Cosmopolitan UK and is on the lookout for press releases related to entertainment, environment, health, fashion and beauty.
Sophie Wilson (@sophielouwilson) has joined as Shopping Writer and is keen on press releases for fashion, beauty, health, wellness and homeware.
Lucy O'Brien (@luc_obrien) begins as Editorial Assistant where she'll be supporting the team on forward planning.

Freelance Update - Margarita Mitchel Pollock
Margarita Mitchel Pollock (@msmargaritap) is now back from maternity leave on a part-time basis and writing mum and baby and lifestyle reviews for the Evening Standard's ES Best section. Margarita is still looking for household celebrity names for the slots she writes in The Times and The Telegraph; she is also available for freelance shifts to help with Christmas gift guides.