AFR’s Michael Stutchbury steps down after 13 years

The Australian Financial Review’s long-time editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury has announced he will step down from leading the publication next month.

He was the longest serving editor or editor-in-chief in the Nine masthead’s 73-year history, and along with his previous five-and-a-half years as The Australian’s editor, he is the country’s longest serving national newspaper editor or editor-in-chief.

Stutchbury plans to take a break, and return to the AFR later this year in a writing role, as editor-at-large.