The Age appoints Jewel Topsfield as Melbourne editor

March 6, 2019 4:55

Fairfax’s former Indonesia correspondent, Jewel Topsfield, has been appointed The Age’s Melbourne editor.

Topsfield replaces Clay Lucas who becomes a senior reporter at the now-Nine owned masthead.

Prior to taking the Jakarta role in 2015, Topsfield was The Age’s education editor, having previously been the deputy editor of Fairfax’s online opinion site at its launch in 2009.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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