Shona Martyn returns to journalism, joins Fairfax as editor of Spectrum
Journalist, editor, and book publisher, Shona Martyn, has been appointed as editor of The Sydney Morning Herald’s Spectrum.
Martyn was previously editor of Fairfax’s Good Weekend between 1987 and 1989, founding editor of HQ Magazine for ACP, and most recently has worked as a publishing director at HarperCollins Publishers.
I question the appointment of someone who has been out of journalism for as long as Shona has, when the media landscape has changed so dramatically. I’m not questioning Shona’s talents, just her relevance to this role at this time – especially when so many superb people have just been pushed out the door at Fairfax. This appointment is curious.
As long as she doesn’t let Mike Carlton back to Fairfax she’ll be fine.