Sharri Markson moves to The Australian
The Daily Telegraph’s political editor at large, Sharri Markson, will be moving across to The Australian, becoming the paper’s investigations editor. Both titles are owned by News Corp Australia.
The Australian has also recently added Kylar Loussikian to its lineup as national chief of staff. He joins from The Age where he was CBD columnist, a role now occupied by former The Australian media editor Stephen Brook.
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Markson has previously held several positions at The Australian before she moved across to The Daily Telegraph. She is also a Sky News host. Markson and Loussikian previously worked together on the Walkley Award-winning story which revealed Barnaby Joyce’s affair.
There have been a range of staffing changes at The Australian, with Sid Maher stepping up as deputy editor after stints as news director and Canberra bureau chief, alongside fellow deputy editor Petra Rees.
Thrilled to be joining The Australian https://t.co/PBTDzwDLRU
— Sharri Markson (@SharriMarkson) July 10, 2020
Kieran Gair, a former Sky News producer and ABC journalist has also joined as a reporter in the Sydney bureau. Gair has been filing for The Australian for almost a year.
The Australian recently announced a new editor, Michelle Gunn, the first female editor in its history.
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Lets see how long it goes before she starts complaining and wining and bitching about what Fairfax are doing, like her weekly rants against Fairfax when she previously wrote a column for media and marketing section of The Australian before!
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Congrats Sharri. Investigative is what you’re about. Well done
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The race to the bottom continues
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