Anthony De Ceglie is an Australian journalist who is Seven West Media's director of news and current affairs and editor-in-chief. He was previously editor-in-chief of West Australian Newspapers.
Anthony De Ceglie | |
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 De Ceglie at the Melbourne Press Club in October 2024 | |
| 21st Editor of The West Australian | |
| In office January 2019 – April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Brett McCarthy |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | Australia |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Awards | Walkley Award (3) |
Career
editDe Ceglie' first job in journalism was at The Collie Mail in Collie, Western Australia.[1] He later served as the deputy editor of the Sydney based Daily Telegraph from March 2016, as well as serving as Deputy Editor at the Sunday Times and its web portal PerthNow.
He was editor-in-chief of West Australian Newspapers (including The West Australian) from January 2019 to April 2024.[2][3][4][1]
From March 2020 to 2021, during his tenure, it increased its weekday readership by 14%,[5] and its Sunday readership by 28%,[5] though some have argued that it has gone in a more tabloid direction under his leadership,[6] and the staff has been reduced.[6]
In April 2024, De Caglie was appointed Seven West Media's director of news and current affairs and editor-in-chief.[7]
Awards and accolades
editIn 2020, De Ceglie won a Walkley Award for Headline, Caption or Hook, in the category of all media, for his "You only had one JobKeeper" line.[1] Prior to this, he had already received two Walkleys.[1] Additionally, he serves as a trustee of the Channel 7 Telethon trust,[8] a charitable organisation owned by Seven West Media (which also in turn owns WAN).
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Anthony De Ceglie". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Hirini, Rangi (1 July 2020). "The West publishes front page apology, dumps cartoon from print run". NITV. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Samios, Zoe (19 July 2020). "Seven West newspaper spin-off in the spotlight". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "New editor of West Australian Newspapers announced". The West Australian. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Australian Newspaper Readership, 12 months to March 2021". Roy Morgan. March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
The West Australian Mar 2020 - Readership (000's): 292 | Mar 2021 - Readership (000's) - 339 | "West Australian Saturday [The Weekend West] | Mar 2020 - Readership (000's): 387 | Mar 2021 - Readership (000's) - 409" | "Sunday Times | Mar 2020 - Readership (000's): 284 Mar 2021 - Readership (000's) - 394"
- ^ a b Perpitch, Nicholas (17 April 2019). "Household names to leave The West Australian as details of wave of redundancies emerge". ABC News. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Craig McPherson steps down from Seven, successor named Mumbrella 29 April 2024
- ^ "About". Telethon 7. Seven West Media. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Anthony De Ceglie | Trustee | Anthony De Ceglie is the Editor in Chief of West Australian Newspapers. Before taking up this role in 2019, he was the deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney and spent time on secondment to New York as part of News Corp's international development program. He has won multiple Walkley Awards and his first jobs were at rural newspapers in Collie and Mandurah before joining The Sunday Times and PerthNow where he was deputy editor.