Seven nabs Network 10 executive for Brisbane and Gold Coast news director role
The Seven Network has moved quickly to announce its new news director of Brisbane and Gold Coast.
Only just after a week after Michael Coombes announced his departure after nearly 30 years with network, Seven has confirmed Walkley Award-winning journalist Erin Edwards for the position, starting in 2025.
Edwards will move across from Network 10 where she has worked as the executive editor for 10 News Queensland since June last year.
Prior to that, she spent 22 years at Seven as a senior journalist, working across Mackay, Townsville, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.
“Erin is a proven leader whose heart never really left Seven. She’s a first-class team player and decision maker with impeccable news judgement and a real will to teach and develop all staff,” Seven West Media editor-in-chief Anthony De Ceglie said.
“She started at Seven Queensland out of university and then moved to Seven Brisbane, where she got a name as an elite police reporter and all-rounder with impeccable writing and presenting standards.
“7NEWS is an integral part of the lives of the community in Brisbane and the Gold Coast and I can’t wait for Erin and the team to take it to even greater heights.”
Edwards added: “I am thrilled to return home to 7NEWS Brisbane and Gold Coast and lead Queensland’s best news team.
“I was a teenager when I first walked into a Seven newsroom as an intern. I grew up within its walls and over two decades shared some of this state’s biggest stories. I can’t wait to tell more.”
The recruitment of Edwards comes after some big changes to the Seven newsroom in recent months, including Hugh Whitfield taking on director of the 7NEWS national news desk, Sean Power as the of director of news for Seven Sydney, the recruitment of former ABC News presenter, Karina Carvalho, and Natalie Wolfe to the role of Editor of 7NEWS.com.au
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