Mutch gets TVNZ political editor

Stuff reported:

Jessica Mutch will replace Corin Dann as TVNZ’s political editor.

TVNZ confirmed on Monday that the 33-year-old reporter has been given the new role and will begin on March 26.

It means she’ll leave her post as a presenter of TVNZ’s Q + A – a job that, with its frequent interviews with the nation’s decision-makers, will have prepared her for life around parliament.

A good appointment.

Both Jessica and Tova have had similar career paths – an initial stint in the gallery, then working in other areas (including international assignments) for their broadcasters, before returning as political editor. I think it is useful to have a break from the gallery in one’s career.

The press gallery has annual photos of the gallery in their corridor. For many decades it was almost exclusively men. Today the five major news outlets (TVNZ, Newshub, NZ Herald, Stuff and Radio NZ) all have female political editors.