The Mail & Guardian has appointed Verashni Pillay as its new editor-in-chief.<\/p>\n
The paper has seen a number of high-level resignations in recent months. Most recently, acting editor and deputy editor Moshoeshoe Monare resigned from the paper on 1 October, following editor Angela Quintal’s resignation in September.<\/p>\n
Former editor-in-chief, Chris Roper, whom Pillay will be replacing, resigned from the paper in May 2015.<\/p>\n
Pillay is a long-time M&G ‘veteran’, having joined that paper in 2009, with a strong focus on digital. In 2013, she was appointed as associate editor, with a senior reporter role on the print side of the publication.<\/p>\n
Pillay left the paper in December 2014 to work as a consultant and trainer at various newsrooms across media groups.<\/p>\n
At the age of 31, she is the youngest editor in the paper’s history.<\/p>\n
According to the M&G, “her energy, digital knowledge and passion for media management and good journalism” makes her the ideal candidate for the role of editor at the paper.<\/p>\n
Joining Pillay as acting deputy editor is the M&G\u2018s Phillip de Wet.<\/p>\n
Before joining the M&G in 2012 De Wet was deputy editor of the Daily Maverick.<\/p>\n
The duo will officially begin in their new roles on 19 October 2015. The M&G\u2018s Shaun de Waal will act as caretaker editor until then.<\/p>\n
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