Vice’s Maddison Connaughton named new editor of The Saturday Paper

Schwartz Media’s The Saturday Paper has appointed Maddison Connaughton, features editor at Vice, as its new editor.

Connaughton, who also freelanced across publications including Vox, The Age, Noisey, The Australian, will take up her new role on June 22. She is also a 2018 Walkley Young Australian Journalist finalist, for her reporting from the Syrian border.

Connaughton (L) starts her role later this month