The Guardian has today announced key appointments for its First Edition and Long Wave newsletters, boosting its newsletter expertise globally.
Libby Brooks has been appointed as lead writer for the UK’s flagship morning newsletter First Edition, which is read by hundreds of thousands of readers every day. Hettie O’Brien will be joining Libby as a First Edition writer alongside her work on the Guardian’s Long Reads. Michael Segalov joins as a writer and deputy editor in London, Jacqueline Housden will join Guardian Australia as an assistant editor working across Australian newsletters and First Edition, and in the US Ruth Baron and Caroline Phinney will lead the development and growth of US newsletters.