Women’s Health announces new editor-in-chief as Jacqui Mooney departs

Share Tweet Share E mailWomen’s Health writer Paragon Media has appointed a new editor-in-chief, Lizza Gebilagin (above), who will lead the model throughout print, digital, audio and occasions. Gebilagin was most lately the model’s govt editor, alongside Jacqui Mooney, who will step down from the function to discover new alternatives.During her 20 years of media expertise, Gebilagin has held senior roles throughout editorial, podcasts and video at iconic titles together with Cleo, Dolly, Body + Soul and Women’s Fitness. Over the previous three years she has labored intently with Mooney throughout all Women’s Health initiatives, together with the Women in Sport Awards – a ardour level for Gebilagin who’s a lady in sport herself having competed as a boxer representing NSW on the Australian National Titles, Women’s World Qualifiers and the multi-national Arafura Games event.Gebilagin stated: “I’m thrilled to have the honour of main Women’s Health in Australia, whereas working intently with the worldwide crew at Hearst, and constructing on Jacqui’s legacy. It’s a terrific privilege to be entrusted with this much-loved model. Women’s Health is the trusted supply of wholesome way of life content material for girls in Australia, and I stay up for creating extra inspiring and inclusive content material for our superb group throughout all touchpoints, whereas additionally persevering with to advocate for our unimaginable girls in sport.”Outgoing editor Jacqui MooneyAfter relaunching Women’s Heath into the Australian market with Paragon Media earlier this 12 months, Mooney, who has led the model for nearly 5 years, stated:“It’s been an honour and real profession spotlight to guide the editorial path of this powerhouse model since late 2016. Having the chance to create ground-breaking covers, launch numerous tentpole occasions and develop Women’s Health from an already robust print product right into a multi-platform chief within the well being, wellness and sports activities house with an viewers footprint of 1 million girls, has been past gratifying.“With the model now firmly re-established within the Aussie media panorama, it’s the precise time to go the baton, actually! And there’s no-one I’d quite see lead Women’s Health into this thrilling new chapter than Lizza. I stay up for persevering with to work with the model in a new exterior capability and know that Women’s Health couldn’t be in safer palms.”Ian Brooks, CEO of Paragon Media, added: “The collaborative editorship crew in Jacqui and Lizza has ensured that Women’s Health has regained its former standing as a driving pressure within the Australian wholesome way of life media panorama.“Jacqui has led Women’s Health for 1 / 4 of its existence, seeing its development into a robust digital model, together with the history-making tv broadcast of the extremely regarded Women in Sport Awards in 2018. It’s been a pleasure working along with her to re-establish this highly effective and extremely related model into the Australian market. On behalf of myself and the Health manufacturers, I thank and congratulate Jacqui on her contribution, extraordinary power and focus and stay up for new and thrilling issues to return with Lizza on the helm.”See additionally: 2021 Reset: Jacqui Mooney on the comeback concern of Women’s Health Magazine

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