According to Newsquest, in her new role Liz will take over the editorship of daily news brands East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star on September 26 from Brad Jones who left in July.
Prior to its merger with Newsquest, Liz had worked for Archant for nine years and since March 2019 had been head of content for the group’s county magazines and will continue to oversee Norfolk magazine, Suffolk magazine and Let’s Talk magazine, says the publisher.
Liz said: “I’m really looking forward to working with the Suffolk news team again. My first job in journalism was as a reporter on the East Anglian Daily Times and the then Evening Star back in 1992. When I returned to Archant in 2014, as the EADT’s managing editor, I really enjoyed being back on my hometown papers.
“I’m also chuffed to bits to be the EADT’s first woman editor in its 148-year history. I’ve worked on a lot of newspapers and magazines in my time but when I told my 85-year-old father the news at the weekend, I saw the pride in his eyes I’ve waited a lifetime for.”
Vincent Boni, acting managing director for Newsquest Eastern Counties said: “Along with the recent appointment of Richard Porritt as Regional Editor for Norfolk, we have an exceptional senior editorial management team.”
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