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Candis appoints new deputy editor

Based at the Wirral headquarters of the title, Claudia Tanner will be responsible for the day to day running of the magazine as well as commissioning and editing the health pages, travel and celebrity interviews.

Claudia Tanner was previously a freelance journalist writing for national newspapers and magazines including regular content for Love It! She was formerly assistant editor at OMG! magazine, which has now merged with Love It!

Her past roles include heritage sub-editor at Trinity Mirror Sport Media, where she worked across a range of titles including the Daily Mirror’s World War 100 magazines. She was commercial features writer/sub-editor at Newsquest North West, where she was content editor of glossy magazine Wirral Lifestyle.

Claudia spent almost three years as senior news reporter at Hull Daily Mail and was fundraising manager at Liverpool Unites, the Liverpool ECHO’s in-house children’s charity.

She said: “I’m delighted to be appointed deputy editor of Candis. It’s a fantastic magazine with a very loyal readership and I’m really looking forward to keeping up its high standards.”

Editorial Director Debbie Attewell added: “I am delighted to welcome Claudia and her experience to the team and look forward to strengthening the Candis offering to all our readers.”

Claudia won the ECHO’s bursary to train with the Press Association in Newcastle, regarded as one of the UK’s best journalism course. She won the Pamela Meyrick award for Best NCE Candidate in the North and North Wales in 2010.

Candis, aimed at today's busy women who juggle parenting, friendships and work, recorded an average monthly circulation of 121,918 between January and June 2015, say the publishers.