Peter Fray joins The Australian

February 8, 2014 8:29

Former editor-in-chief of Politifact Australia, Peter Fray is to join News Corp Australia’s national broadsheet The Australian as deputy editor (news).

Fray’s appointment comes just two months after he announced the closure of, political fact checking website, Politifact Australia which had struggled to secure funding outside of the election period.

He is also a former editor-in-chief and publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald who departed Fairfax Media in June 2012 amid mass redundancies across the publisher.

News of Fray’s appointment comes in a week of major changes at The Australian which on Tuesday lost its media editor Nick Leys, who is moving the ABC as head of corporate communications. Leys is to be replaced by former Cleo editor Sharri Markson.

Fray replaces David King who last month was appointed domestic editor of SBS world news.

Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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Comments: 6 Add Comment

Lindsay. 8 Feb 14

An interesting appointment for a good operator.
Fairfax has gone down hill since his departure. It would be good if he could lift The Australian.

Jack B. Nimble 9 Feb 14

Wow! A solid score by The Australian, but ONLY if they respect Fray’s independence and not nudge him towards becoming another right-wing Murdoch mouthpiece.

Former colleague 9 Feb 14

Interesting that Fray quit as a director of the Australian Science Media Centre in 2013, after five years. Imagine it might not have gone down well with the climate change deniers.

Paddy Douneen 10 Feb 14

Congratulations Peter.

Warren Bley 10 Feb 14

Good luck staying on the straight and narrow Peter. We’ll be watching to see whether your integrity as a journalism can survive the Murdoch Reich-wing agenda.

JC 13 Feb 14

Congrats Peter!

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