New team takes over editorship of De Morgen
De Morgen newspaper has announced that acting editor Lisbeth Imbo and news head An Goovaerts will take over a co-editors-in-chief of the Flemish daily
“Swimming against the tide”
Imbo, 38, was named deputy editor of the paper since June of 2013. She came to De Morgen from Flemish public broadcaster VRT, where she presented current affairs programme Terzake. De Morgen’s former editor, Yves Desmet, stepped aside last April year to focus on writing, and Imbo has been acting editor since then.
“We have to deliver on what we have promised our readers,” said Imbo (pictured). “That means making the right choices on content every day, informing our readers objectively and providing them with the best-written articles available.”
Goovaerts has been news editor since 2011, when she joined De Morgen from the business magazine Trends.
“Lisbeth and An personify the values that drive De Morgen: swimming against the tide not for shock value but in order to listen and bring people together,” commented Paul Daenen, publishing director of De Persgroep, which owns the paper. “They are able to translate those values daily in their choice of content and offer leadership to the newsroom.”
Photo by Bart Musschoot/VRT
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