Guardian Australia makes new editorial hires
Guardian Australia has made several new appointments across its Sydney-based office and its Canberra bureau.
Tom McIlroy has been appointed as chief political correspondent, to be based in Canberra.
His journalistic career spans The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Ballarat Courier, Canberra Times and Houston Chronicle, and he recently published a book on the controversial 1973 purchase of the Jackson Pollock artwork, Blue Poles, by the Australian government.
(L-R): Tom McIlroy and Patrick Commins
Patrick Commins has been appointed as economics editor, also based in Canberra.
Commins was previously The Australian’s economics correspondent, and a columnist and senior writer for the Australian Financial Review for more than a decade.
Current senior business reporter, Jonathan Barrett, has been promoted to business editor, while Luca Ittimani, who recently completed a Scott Trust cadetship with Guardian Australia, has been appointed as the publication’s business and economics reporter.
Guardian Australia’s editor, Lenore Taylor, said: “I’m pleased to welcome these experienced and talented journalists to the Guardian Australia team, and to also recognise talent within our newsroom.”
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