New Editor of the Canberra Times

No surprise to anyone (or at least not if you have been reading this blog) but Rod Quinn, editor of the Newcastle Herald, has just been announced as the new editor of the Canberra Times.

Here is the announcement to staff:

MEMO TO:        ALL STAFF

FROM:            GENERAL MANAGER

DATE:            2 FEBRUARY 2009

SUBJECT:        APPOINTMENT OF NEW EDITOR

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I am pleased to advise that Rod Quinn, currently editor of the Newcastle Herald, has been appointed editor of The Canberra Times.

Rod’s newspaper career started with the Newcastle Herald in 1987.  In 1991 he joined the US media company Knight-Ridder as a Sydney correspondent for its financial wire service.

Rod later returned to The Herald as a sub-editor.   In 1993 he won a Prodi award for his coverage of the Australian peacekeeping operations in Somalia.

Rod was appointed editor of The Post Group of Newspapers in 1996.

From 1998 he spent four years in senior positions on the Herald’s night desk, including production editor and deputy night editor, before being appointed deputy editor in 2002. He was appointed editor of the Newcastle Herald in July 2003.

Rod will be joined in Canberra by his wife and two children.

I will advise Rod’s starting date as soon as possible.

Ken Nichols