Incoming editor-in-chief of The Post and the Sunday Star-Times, Matthew Hooton, has appointed Henry Cooke as political editor and Amelia Wade as Auckland editor.
“Henry Cooke and Amelia Wade are the best New Zealand journalists of their generation and they are only going to get better still,” Hooton said.
“Henry will lead The Post‘s press gallery team covering this year’s knife-edge election, fearlessly holding the political establishment to account and reporting fully and fairly on their plans for New Zealand, or lack thereof.
“Amelia will lead our coverage of New Zealand’s largest, most complex and most influential city, building a small, tenacious team to produce agenda-setting journalism, scrutinise its institutions and political leaders, and tell the stories that matter to Aucklanders.”
Both really good appointments.
Henry is even more nerdish than me when it comes to obscure Parliamentary trivia, use of data etc. This is a compliment. He often comes up with an analysis of an issue or policy, that you can’t get anywhere else. I am a huge fan of his work, and as it happens I was predicting to an acquaintance that he would become political editor a few hours before they announced he had been promoted.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
3 comments:
I won't listen to, or read anything by Wade. Her bias's are apparent.
It will only be good if they also pick holes in the lefts woke silly policies. The far left media only ever attack the center parties, never their beloved labour, greens or tpm. For the final time, wake up, that's why no one trusts you, or listens to or reads you..
We dont need a "tenacious team to produce agenda setting journalism".....we need honest reporters reporting facts Mathew
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