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her reer.</p><figure class="gzJMC _2cScP NvmVw" data-pb-type="im"><picture><source media="(m-width: 1180px)" width="220" height="330" srcSet="zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_220%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533, zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_440%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533 2x" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0.666667,"type":"portra2x3","width":220,"urls":["zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_220%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533"," zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_440%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533 2x"]}"/><source media="(m-width: 1020px)" width="240" height="360" 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zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_764%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533 2x" siz="(max-width: 767px) 382px" data-id="9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533" data-pb-im-nfig="{"aspectRat":0.666667,"type":"portra2x3","width":382,"urls":["zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_382%2Cq_88%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533"," zoom_1.622%2C$multiply_1%2C$rat_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_39%2C$y_0/t_crop_ctom/c_sle%2Cw_764%2Cq_52%2Cf_to/9eed204a2bea82c503f3b12a5d73fe169049b533 2x"]}" width="382" height="573"/></picture><figptn class="LuHig"><p>Gay Alrn will mence her new role as edor of The Age on September 28.<!-- --> <ce class="_23SOU">The Age</ce></p></figptn></figure><p>Alrn will take the helm at <em>The Age</em> on September 28, markg the first time a woman has held the post of edor. It also means Atralian Metro Publishg's two major metropolan mastheads, <em>The Age</em> and <em>The Sydney Morng Herald, </em>are eded by women. Lisa Davi has been edor of the <em>Herald</em> sce 2017.</p><p><em>The Age</em>, <em>Herald</em> and <em>The Atralian Fancial Review</em> are owned by Ne.</p><p>Alrn returns to <em>The Age</em> om <em>The Guardian</em> where she has been Melbourne edor. She replac Alex Lavelle, who <a href=">rigned June</a> after 3½ years the role. World edor Michelle Griff has been actg edor while Lavelle's succsor was found.</p><p>“Returng to lead <em>The Age</em> is a privilege, particularly the tim of extraordary change and challenge,” Alrn said.</p></div></div><asi class="_3JfHJ"></asi><div class="ZAfSI"><div class="adWrapper _3XglG Hqxcp" data-ttid="ad-wrapper"><div class="" id="adspot-320x360_320x50_300x250_300x50-pos2-mobile"></div><div class="" id="adspot-728x90-pos2-tablet"></div><div class="" id="adspot-970x250_728x90-pos2-sktop"></div><small class="_3azTn">Advertisement</small></div></div><div class="_2J452"><div class="_33oUB"><div class="tl7wu" id="endOfArticle"><p>Alrn is a former Washgton rrponnt for <em>The Age</em> and the <em>Herald</em> who vered the 2000 US printial electn and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. She was puty edor of <em>The Age</em> om 2006 to 2008 and edor of <em>The Sunday Age</em> for more than four years.</p><p>“There is pa and worry Victoria now, and big challeng ahead. My aim is that <em>The Age</em> ntu to be the Victorian masthead of choice for tsted, fair and brave journalism. In a polarised media era, the valu are as ccial as ever.</p><p>“<em>The Age</em>, as has been throughout s more than 165-year history, is part of our muny. I want our rears to feel they have a stake <em>The Age</em>, whether they always agree wh what’s published or not."</p><p>Atralian Metro Publishg group executive edor Jam Chsell said Alrn would help strengthen <em>The Age's</em> posn as Melbourne's most-read masthead, havg achieved rerd dienc and subscriptns 2020.</p><p>The most recent <a href=">Enhanced Media Metrics Atralia</a> figur om June showed <em>The Age</em> had an dience of more than 5.026 ln.</p><div class="ZAfSI"><div class="adWrapper _3XglG _35ekj Hqxcp _3_nxH" data-ttid="ad-wrapper"><div class="" id="adspot-320x360_320x50_300x250_300x50-pos3-mobile"></div><div class="" id="adspot-728x90-pos3-tablet"></div><small class="_3azTn">Advertisement</small></div></div><p>“Gay is an sightful journalist wh a strong sense of what is important for all Victorians,” Chsell said. “She is steeped <em>The Age’s</em> proud history of agenda-settg, pennt journalism and will be a strong lear of the newsroom Melbourne.</p><p>“Gay is an edor of substance who will spire and lead a team of the most talented journalists the untry who have performed so admirably this year unr immense prsure. I’m so lighted Gay has agreed to e home.”</p><p>Mr Lavelle's partment me ls than a week after 66 journalists at <em>The Age</em> signed a petn exprsg ncerns about a story on the masthead’s ont page regardg the Black Liv Matter protts, the edorial directn of the masthead, diversy the newsroom, and cricism edorial learship was too Sydney-based. <em>The Age</em> apologised for the story, sayg fell short of the masthead's valu and standards. The letter was leaked to <em>The Atralian</em>, <em>Crikey</em> and <em>The</em> <em>Guardian</em>.</p><p>At the time, Mr Chsell wrote an email to staff he was angry about errors, and the cisn to issue an apology was not taken lightly. He also agreed the newsroom need more diversy which is regularly discsed. However, <a href=">he said was not te that key edorial cisns were ma Sydney</a>. He also said would be rrect to draw a nnectn between Mr Lavelle's parture and the letter.</p><p>In the days after the letter was leaked, sourc dited a number of journalists rcd their endorsement, havg thought was an official letter om <em>The Age</em>'s hoe mtee, which was not.</p></div><div class="_3E2eQ"><div class="_2wCJp"><div class="_1fSQD"><span class="_13Ymr" data-ttid="AuthorCard"><span><strong><a class="_35mP2" data-ttid="AuthorURL" href="/by/max-mason-hveje">Max Mason</a></strong> vers solvency, urts, regulatn, fancial crime, cybercrime and rporate wrongdog. 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