A reshuffle at Fairfax Media has resulted in the publishing house welcoming a new Life group editor and national life and style editor.
Bridget Hope has been appointed to the newly-created role of group editor, Life. Hope has had an extensive career in the New Zealand publishing world, working on iconic women’s lifestyle magazines before moving to Singapore to take on the role of publishing director at SHP Magazines, which runs a host of titles such as Harper’s BAZAAR, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Weekly.
“Bridget is well-known in New Zealand, having edited and managed four women’s lifestyle magazine titles here," says Fairfax Media executive editor Sinead Boucher. "She’s full of great ideas to deliver excellent lifestyle products and content - and to maximise commercial opportunities and partnerships.”
In addition to this, Geoff Collett has been appointed national life and style editor and will report to Hope.
“We’re reinventing our newsrooms to serve the ever-shifting needs of digital media. It’s about redefining the way we work - and adapting our newsrooms to produce quality journalism for different audiences and across platforms. We’ll be able to draw more readily on the great content we produce from across New Zealand, and develop some really world-class innovative storytelling," reveals Boucher.
