News Limited appoints Belinda Hickman-Newton editor in chief of Quest Newspapers

News Limited has appointed Belinda Hickman-Newton as editor in chief of Quest Newspapers.

Hickman-Newton has been promoted from assistant editor (features) of Brisbane’s The Sunday Mail.

She replaces former Quest editor in chief Neil Melloy, who took on the editorship of The Cairns Post last year – Hickman-Newton was previously assistant editor of The Cairns Post.

She was also formerly launch editor of U on Sunday, The Sunday Mail’s colour magazine which launched last year.