Thomas Hunter promoted to editor of The New Daily

March 4, 2014 12:03

Thomas Hunter

Online news website The New Daily has promoted deputy editor Thomas Hunter to the role of editor, following the departure of Daniel Sankey last month.

A month ago, Sankey announced he was moving to News Corp Australia to be editor of the publisher’s most read website News.com.au after editing the new start-up news website, funded by Australia’s biggest superannuation funds, for only three months.

New Daily editorial director Bruce Guthrie said they interviewed a number of candidates but chose to go with an internal appointment. “In the end we were in the enviable position of having several terrific candidates to choose from, but Thomas was the stand-out,” said Guthrie.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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