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Output Editor, live blogs and streams at Sky News - including award-winning Money blog.
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Very proud to have started a new job as Output Editor overseeing all of Sky News’s live digital output, creating a new live streaming team to integrate with my existing live blog team (who are the best in the business). We have some big plans!

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

One graduate owes an eyewatering £250,000 in student loans - another has totted up £64,000 in interest alone. These and more “alarming” figures released after FOI by @meghbaynes.bsky.social for the Money blog news.sky.com/story/highes...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to be taking on a brand new role at Sky News as Cross Platform Audience Growth Editor. That means I’m looking for an assistant audience editor to join my team. If you’re looking for a new challenge in the new year, apply now: sky.talent-community.com/projects/ass...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Man Utd under fire for ticket price hikes mid-season - and removing concessions for OAPs and kids. They told Money: "The club needs to ensure it remains financially sustainable... the increased revenue will also support investment in the team and contribute to football success." Post in the blog.

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

Our data team has been looking at energy bill arrears this morning and their illustrations paint a worrying picture, especially heading into a winter where 10m Britons won’t be getting the winter fuel payment for the first time. Here’s how total arrears have soared since 2018… 🧵

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Seven of the biggest high street names have increased mortgage rates in the last three weeks at the same time as lowering savings rates, the Money blog has revealed. Profiteering? Here’s my story including what some of them told me: news.sky.com/story/seven-...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Great opportunity to join Sky News as a live blogger - working on all the biggest stories to large audiences. Fast-paced, demanding, but really rewarding, and it's a really, really nice team: sky.talent-community.com/projects/liv...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

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After a chef in London hit out at customers who share food and order tap water, we got a tonne of readers giving their thoughts, from gastric bands to £8 sparking water. Enjoyed putting this selection together… news.sky.com/story/money-...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

“Many self-employed borrowers want to beat the tax man and the mortgage man at the same time but this is impossible.” How to get a mortgage if you’re self-employed news.sky.com/story/money-...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Great Money/consumer/economist accounts in one place - shout if I’ve missed you! go.bsky.app/2iMyow5

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Only one UK lender is now offering sub-4% mortgages as the high street prices up despite base rate cut - here’s what’s going on: news.sky.com/story/money-... Picture worse for first-time buyers (who will soon face effective stamp duty hike)

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Live blogs will always be aggregators but they can also be a place for original journalism - that’s what we are trying to do with our blogs/bloggers. Here’s a piece that originated in our Money blog today on the massive winter fuel payment cut no one ever talks about: news.sky.com/story/the-ma...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

For those folks who have joined recently, a few tips that may make your experience here more enjoyable.

submitted 108 days ago • 305 comments

Two questions: 1/ What are we calling posts on here - tweets, blueskys? 2/ Where is James Pearce? Seems to me now that he’s the key man in all this - if he decides to join, it’s on

submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

Hello 👋🏼 The big one is Barkley and the little one is Lola. 11 and 9 but both puppies. It’s good to be here. #DogsOfBluesky

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