New GuardianNews.com Announces Editorial Staff

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The New York-based operation from Guardian News and Media, guardiannews.com, is now underway. The new U.S. homepage is aimed at an American audience, and currently presents and links to the most relevant content from guardian.co.uk. In recent months, a number of journalists at The Guardian have moved to New York and joined with existing members of the paper’s New York and Washington D.C. Bureaus to form the editorial staff.

Editor-in-chief Janine Gibson has worked for The Guardian since 1998 and most recently served as editor of guardian.co.uk.

Deputy editor Stuart Millar is responsible for news coverage. He was previously news editor of guardian.co.uk.

Matt Wells will take on the role of blogs and networks editor. He was blogs editor of guardian.co.uk and launched the podcast department in 2007.

Sport blogs editor Steve Busfield will carry out his role at both guardiannews.com and guardian.co.uk.

Comment editor Matt Seaton is responsible for all opinion pieces. He previously served in the same role at guardian.co.uk.

Ed Pilkington and Paul Harris, New York correspondents for The Guardian and The Observer, respectively, will serve as news correspondents for the Website in conjunction with their existing roles.

Karen McVeigh is also a news correspondent, previously serving as a senior reporter at The Guardian since 2006.  

Chris McGreal, Washington correspondent for The Guardian, will also serve as a Washington, D.C.-based news correspondent. The Washington, D.C. Bureau has been headed by Ewen MacAskill since 2006, prior to which he was The Guardian’s diplomatic editor.

Dominic Rushe joined The Guardian’s New York bureau in 2001 and covers Wall Street. He remains the paper’s U.S. business correspondent and will also act as guardiannews.com’s business correspondent.

The Guardian’s U.S. environment correspondent, Suzanne Goldenberg, will also serve as guardiannews.com’s environment correspondent.

Adam Gabbatt is now a reporter and live blogger based in New York. He previously served as a reporter for The Guardian and regular live blogger for guardian.co.uk.

Political blogger Richard Adams will work from the Washington, D.C. bureau, where he has been based since 2006. He will continue to contribute to guardian.co.uk, where he writes his blog.