UK: The Guardian appoints new editor for environment pages
Posted by Carolyn Lo on April 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Financial Times' Interactive Editor Damian Carrington, who was a PhD in earth sciences, has been appointed Editor of the environment pages on Guardian.co.uk. His responsibility is to make The Guardian "the leading source of green news, comment and advice in the world".Emily Bell, Director of digital content for Guardian News and Media, said: "Damian's combination of specialist knowledge and thorough understanding of web journalism will further strengthen guardian.co.uk's award winning websites."
The Guardian was the first newspaper to create a regular environment section, which has attracted over 1 million unique users last month, according to the website.
Source: Press Gazette
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