The Border Mail officially has a new editor.
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Australian Community Media has announced the permanent appointment of acting editor Julie Coe.
Coe has been acting in the role since May, after then editor Xavier Mardling took up the position of deputy editor on The Border Mail's stablemate masthead, the Newcastle Herald.
Like Mardling, who spent almost two decades at The Border Mail, Coe's connection to the masthead is longstanding.
Her career began at The Border Mail in 1990 as a cadet before a move to Sydney where she worked at The Financial Review before a sojourn in London where she worked at The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, The Independent and News of the World.
Coe returned to Sydney ahead of the 2000 Olympics, and remained with The Sun-Herald until 2007. She worked on the news and sports desks at The Australian before returning to the border in 2009. She was appointed deputy editor in 2012.
Executive editor of Australian Community Media James Joyce announced the appointment to Border Mail staff on Monday.
"Julie has been a fierce advocate for The Border Mail team, its trusted journalism and its continuing commitment to keep Albury, Wodonga and the surrounding region informed and connected - most recently through bushfires, a pandemic and chaotic border closures," he said.
Coe said it was an honour to lead an outstanding team that shared a deep commitment to serving its readers.
"That has been especially the case over the past 12 months of turmoil, in difficult times for our whole community, and working from home, that commitment has been absolutely clear," she said.