Kerry Warren has been appointed Editor of news.com.au.
Warren has held numerous senior leadership roles since joining news.com.au in 2019, including commissioning editor, news editor and most recently has been sections editor for the past two years. Warren helped lead news.com.au’s Let Her Speak campaign to a Walkley Award.
Before joining News, she was digital managing editor for the Australian Women’s Weekly and worked on sites in Britain and the Sydney Morning Herald.
News.com.au editor-in-chief Lisa Muxworthy said Warren had played a huge part in news.com.au's success.
“She is an outstanding journalist and leader and will bring fresh ideas and energy to this role,” she said.
“Kerry’s deep understanding of news.com.au's audience positions her well to drive further growth, explore new markets and further embed our brand in the everyday lives of Australians.”
Warren said this is one of the best jobs in journalism due to having the ear of 13 million Australians every month.
"With this comes the incredible opportunity to drive meaningful change," she said.
“In my time at news.com.au, we’ve successfully campaigned to change laws in multiple states with our Let Her Speak and Let Us Speak campaigns, and to secure $64.3 million from the NSW Government to improve the court experience for children involved in sexual abuse matters through our Justice Shouldn’t Hurt campaign.
“I’m committed to continuing to use our journalism for good, to make Australia a better place.”
Warren succeeds Oliver Murray who, after two years as editor, has been appointed as head of audience growth for News Corp Australia’s Editorial Innovation Centre. In this role he will lead daily operations for audience and SEO teams, as well as newsletters, across the company’s newsrooms and networks.
Muxworthy thanked Murray for his hard work in building news.com.au into the "powerhouse" it is today.
"Under his editorship, news.com.au has achieved record readership and his skills will be hugely valuable to the newly formed Editorial Innovation Centre," said Muxworthy.
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