JOURNALIST Harry Rutter has been appointed Assistant Editor on the UK and US Audience Development team at the Daily Mail.
Part-based out of the London newsroom, the department look after the MailOnline both in the United Kingdom and United States from the New York office.
Harry Rutter joins the MailOnline from Archant where he was Live News Editor across 10 newspaper titles in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
Talking to Hold The Front Page, he said: “I will always look back on my time in local newspapers with a massive smile on my face.
“It’s been an absolute blast and has taught me everything I know today and has shaped me into the journalist I am today.
“From covering stories about stunned shoppers finding potatoes as big as their heads to pulling an all-nighter covering the local elections in a freezing cold sports hall, I’ve loved every minute, every story and every opportunity that’s come my way.
“I do want to shout-out John Elworthy who gave me my big break, seeing something in me in 2017 and offering me my apprenticeship at the Cambs Times newspaper.”
Harry also praised the “extremely talented” MailOnline team he will be joining.
He added: “I’m very excited to start, joining The Mail has always been an ambition of mine, I love everything they do with the Mail Online, from showbiz to video to their Snapchat output.
“I can’t wait to start.”
He Tweeted on Friday (May 20): “I’ve loved every minute of my time at Archant, from joining as an apprentice and learning the ropes at PA Training to working my way up to Live Editor… it’s been a blast!”
He began his career in October 2017 as an apprentice journalist at the Cambs Times and subsequently worked as an audience development specialist for the publisher.
