Campbell lands top Mamamia job
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Thursday, 11th January 2018 at 12:22pm
Leigh Campbell has joined women’s website Mamamia as the new executive editor.
Campbell comes over from Huffington Post Australia, where she served as lifestyle head until late 2017. She expressed joy over her entry through social media, with one Instagram post showing a snippet of her interview with Beautydirectory’s Georgie Haigh, the caption reading “New job who dis? (Goodbye stay at home cat mum, hello Executive Editor at @mamamiaaus) " followed by a cellphone icon.
“With her women’s lifestyle and digital background, Leigh Campbell’s expertise in creating Lifestyle content will bring a specialists perspective to these content areas in a fresh, modern way. We have big plans for 2018 and Leigh will be instrumental in making them happen,” said Mamamia founder Mia Freedman.
In addition to the Instagram feed, follow Campbell over Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Maguire to edit SMH and The Age
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Friday, 13th April 2018 at 12:27pm
Fairfax Media’s Tory Maguire has become the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age’s new national editor.
Maguire landed the assignment following the end of HuffPost Australia’s partnership with Fairfax Media late last year. She was the HuffPost’s editor-in-chief for two years.
Her remit now covers federal politics, business and international coverage for the above papers. She is slated to begin on April 16, 2018, and will report to Australian Metro Publishing group executive editor James Chessell.
“Tory is an outstanding journalist with around two decades’ experience editing and reporting news and federal politics. She is a proven leader in digital publishing with an excellent track record of leading newsrooms and producing engaging journalism. Our newsrooms will benefit greatly from Tory’s expertise,” said Chessell.
Follow Maguire on LinkedIn and Twitter.Stensholt off to The Oz
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Friday, 13th April 2018 at 12:19pm
John Stensholt is coming to The Australian as a new staff member, wrapping up nearly 20 years with Fairfax Media.
He confirmed his impending exit in a Tweet earlier this month. The Australian confirmed that Stensholt will be assigned to a project currently codenamed “The Stensholt Index”.
He is best known in Fairfax Media for reporting for the Australian Financial Review and editing the paper’s Rich List.
You can follow Stensholt on Twitter.Doctor joins B&T reporting team
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Friday, 13th April 2018 at 12:13pm
Daisy Doctor has started a new reporter job at B&T magazine.
Doctor came over from Travel Weekly, where she recently finished up six months as online editor.
“I’m so excited to begin working, reporting on and being a part of the mediascape in Australia. Working under the leadership of editor John Bastick and news editor Huntley Mitchell, I can’t wait to begin shaking up this ever-changing space,” said Doctor, who can be found over LinkedIn.Healey to host ABC North West WA breakfast
By Craig Daveson in Media News on Friday, 13th April 2018 at 11:50am
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Shine comes back to ABC News
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Tuesday, 10th April 2018 at 12:14pm
Tyson Shine is working once more at ABC.
The network stated that Shine is a supervising producer with the Sydney bureau. He signed on recently after returning from Qatar, where he had spent the past year as correspondent at Al-Jazeera English. He left ABC in 2015 to start with Al-Jazeera in London.
Follow Shine’s updates on his Twitter handle @theshineline and on LinkedIn.Ziffer takes on TV business beat
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Monday, 09th April 2018 at 3:11pm
Daniel Ziffer (pictured, left) has started TV reporting duties for ABC Melbourne.
Ziffer recently stood down from six years of being a senior producer at 774 ABC Radio’s Mornings with Jon Faine, turning the job over to Katrina Palmer. He will now tackle the Melbourne business community and also report on national news for ABC’s The Business and the 7PM news show.
Stay tuned to his accounts on Twitter and LinkedIn for the latest updates
Bauer Media reveals Audience Development squad
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Monday, 09th April 2018 at 3:06pm
Bauer Media’s digital content for the women’s lifestyle and fashion front are set for increased direction with the announcement of a new audience development team.
The company stated that Annabel Hodges will helm the team as Audience Development Director, with her remit focusing on boosting the company's digital growth strategy. New senior social media editor Jennifer Kang, who is tasked with handling social media campaigns and content, will report to her.
Nikki Chowdhury will be the team co-ordinator, reporting to both Kang and Hodges.
Monica De Luna will manage email/newsletter marketing strategy as audience development manager.
