Kate Lyons appointed Pacific editor for The Guardian Australia

The Guardian Australia has announced Kate Lyons will take up the newly-created role of Pacific Editor which will see her lead the Pacific journalism project enabled through a Judith Neilson Institute grant.

The Guardian was named as a recipient of the grant in July, in the first round of funding from the institute, and announced it would use the funds to appoint a Pacific editor, establish a network of independent journalists, and to commission major investigations to expand reporting on Australia’s immediate neighbourhood.

Lyons has been appointed as Pacific editor for The Guardian Australia