Seven has appointed Natalie Wolfe to the role of Editor of 7NEWS.com.au responsible for driving digital growth and managing the website’s editorial team, live news coverage and blogs, journalism and lifestyle content, videos, podcasts and digital and social content.
She was recently Deputy Editor of The West Australian newspaper and has held a key senior editorial role for six years with news.com.au. She also worked in London with News Corp’s national editorial team and was an assistant editor at Daily Mail Australia.
She succeeds Frances Sheen and will report to Seven Network Director of News and Current Affairs and Seven West Media Editor-In-Chief, Anthony De Ceglie.
“Natalie is one of Australia’s most exciting young leaders in the journalism profession,” he said.
“Her senior experience with news.com.au and the Daily Mail, coupled with her most recent role as Deputy Editor of The West Australian newspaper, make her a unique standout in the cross-platform space.
“I’m very excited about how Natalie will help drive 7NEWS.com.au into its next era as Australia’s number one website for breaking news while fully harnessing all the broadcast video that Seven is so uniquely placed to deliver to Australians online,” he said.
Ms Wolfe said: “I’m thrilled to be returning to Sydney to steer 7NEWS.com.au into this exciting next phase.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to work alongside the 7NEWS leadership team as we evolve our digital-first future, and I can’t wait to lead our incredibly talented online team as we break the big yarns and tell stories that matter utilising the full breadth of the network’s media platforms.”
7NEWS.com.au has a unique monthly audience of 9.15 million according to the industry-audited IPSOS iris figures for July.
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