The New York Times
Guardian Editor-in-Chief Alan Rusbridger announced a slew of editor changes on Twitter Thursday.
Congrats @janinegibson on new role as ed of http://t.co/W1I08dpXTm & dep ed & @kathviner on becoming editor of @guardianus
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) March 6, 2014
Congratulations to @emilyhwilson on new role as editor of @GuardianAus, succeeding brilliant @kathviner..
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) March 6, 2014
…and congrats @Freedland on new role as exec ed, opinion – @guardian leaders, comment and new review space/long reads
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) March 6, 2014
…and finally congrats to @stuartmillar159 who will become ed of http://t.co/W1I08dpXTm head of news
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) March 6, 2014
Gibson, who edited the series of stories on Edward Snowden’s national security documents, tweeted out this:
I think the important thing is that the NYT has stopped calling us a British newspaper. And my work here is done. http://t.co/q2axNXuGDw
— Janine Gibson (@janinegibson) March 6, 2014
The New York Times reported Gibson, who had been based in the U.S., will relocate to London to become editor-in-chief of theguardian.com. Her role will be to accelerate “the next stage of the Guardian’s digital transformation,” according to a Guardian statement.