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The Breakdown
Daily Mail
Edit Her
Express.co.uk
Financial Times
Funds Europe
Good Homes / Grand Designs
The Guardian
Irish Travel Trade Network
Local Government Chronicle
The Press and Journal
Freelance Update - Elizabeth Bennett
Freelance Update - Matthew Brown
International Media Moves

The Breakdown
Writer and Blogger Mollie Quirk is now a Freelance Home & Interiors Writer for The Breakdown. Mollie started her personal lifestyle and fashion blog in 2013, and last year started writing freelance about fashion, body image and feminism. She can be found on Twitter @missmolliequirk and Instagram @molliemunroquirk

Daily Mail
Harriet Line has been appointed Chief Political Correspondent at the Daily Mail, effective 6 April. Harriet has worked at PA Media since 2015, most recently as Deputy Political Editor. She can be found tweeting at @HarriLine

Edit Her
The women’s leadership and style magazine Edit Her has now launched. The title covers business, fashion, psychology and life, and can be found on Instagram @editherstyle and Twitter @editherstyle. Founder and Editor-in-Chief Sakaynah Hunter can be reached via email.

Express.co.uk
Emily Pykett has joined Express.co.uk as Social Media Editor. Emily was previously Engagement Producer across Bristol Live, Somerset Live and Gloucestershire Live, and can be found on Twitter @emilypykett

Financial Times
The Financial Times has appointed international best-selling author Ruchir Sharma as a contributing editor and columnist with a focus on global economics. He will write a fortnightly Monday column, having written occasionally for the FT since 2012.

Funds Europe
Romil Patel is now Director, International & ESG Editor at Funds Europe. Romil was previously Associate Director and Editor of Funds Global Asia and Funds Global Mena, as well as editing ESG coverage for Funds Europe. 

Good Homes / Grand Designs
Christina Chrysostomou is now Interim Digital Content Editor for Good Homes and Grand Designs magazines. Christina, previously Senior Digital Marketing Executive, can be found on Instagram @stinachrysostomou

The Guardian
Aubrey Allegretti will be joining The Guardian next week as a Political Correspondent on the lobby team. Aubrey, currently a Political Reporter for Sky News, can be found on Twitter @breeallegretti

Irish Travel Trade Network
Fionn Davenport has been appointed Editor of Irish Travel Trade Network, where over the coming months he will be leading the addition of a consumer-facing platform. Fionn can be found on Twitter @fionndavenport

Local Government Chronicle
Jonathan Knott has been appointed Acting News Editor at Local Government Chronicle. Jonathan has worked as a freelance journalist and writer, and up until May 2020 was Deputy Editor at ArtsProfessional. Find him on Twitter @jonathan_knott

The Press and Journal
Andy Philip has been appointed as Political Editor at The Press and Journal, effective next month. Andy, currently Live Politics Editor at the Daily Record, can be found tweeting at @andydphilip

Freelance Update - Elizabeth Bennett
Freelance journalist Elizabeth Bennett has launched a new Instagram project called Sustainable Stories. The account shares stories of women doing exciting things in the world of sustainability. Elizabeth regularly writes on sustainability for ELLE, Refinery 29, BURO, Breathe and Eco-Age. 

Freelance Update - Matthew Brown
Matthew Brown is available for journalism commissions, copywriting, copyediting, thought leadership and PR work. He is a journalist and editor with more than 20 years of experience including a decade at Bloomberg News in London and the Middle East. Most recently, Matthew was News Desk Manager, Global Markets at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He is a specialist in global financial markets, economics, the energy transition, fintech and ESG, but has written and edited stories on most topics in business and finance. Find Matthew on LinkedIn.

International Media Moves

BresciaOggi
The Italian regional newspaper BresciaOggi has been relaunched. Both the print and online editions have been redesigned, along with their social media accounts, and now have additional content on local news and current affairs.

MF Fashion
MF Fashion, the weekly supplement of the Italian business newspaper MF Milano Finanza, has launched a new online section on sustainability in fashion. Stefano Roncato, Director of MF Fashion, is responsible for the new section.

Solstice Media
Award-winning journalist David Eccles is the new Editor at the Australian news website InDaily. He succeeds David Washington, who is now the Editorial Director of Solstice Media.

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