Seven’s European correspondent Hugh Whitfield will return to Australia to head up a 7News National News Desk, the latest move by news boss Anthony De Ceglie.
The Daily Telegraph reports an internal email circulated yesterday.
“The 7NEWS National News Desk will be home to a centralised team of journalists whose responsibility as expert editors in their round will be to deliver exclusive content beyond anything seen on television,” the email read. “The specialist rounds cover everything from Business and Aviation to Property and Asia.”
Canberra and Foreign Bureaus will also fall under the national newsdesk.
National News Desk Director and Foreign Editor – Hugh Whitfield (NSW)
Federal Politics – Editor Mark Riley, with Rob Scott, Isabelle Mullen, Ben Downie and Josh Martin
Business Editor – Amelia Brace (NSW)
Business Reporter – Jessica Page (WA)
Investigations – Alison Sandy
Health Editor – Jen Bechwati (NSW)
Consumer Affairs – Georgia Holland (QLD)
Tech Editor – Shaun White (NSW)
Aviation Editor – Blake Johnson (Melbourne)
Property Editors – Angelique Opie (NSW), Melina Sarris (VIC) m Anna McGraw (QLD), Jasmin Teurlings (SA) and Alice Murray (WA)
Defence Editor – Rob Scott (Canberra)
Asia Editor – James Carmody (WA)
Entertainment Editor – Wenlei Ma (The Nightly)
Of the ongoing news shake-up, De Ceglie has noted, “We’re not going to be afraid to innovate and we’re only just getting started.”