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Craig McMurtrie becomes Editorial Director of ABC

ABC News Deputy Director and Executive Editor to succeed Alan Sunderland as Editorial Director.

ABC has appointed ABC News Deputy Director and Executive Editor Craig McMurtrie as Editorial Director of the ABC.

He succeeds Alan Sunderland who is retiring after a long career.

Acting ABC Managing Director said, “We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have a person of the calibre of Alan Sunderland holding this position at the ABC in recent years.

“I’m delighted to announce as his successor Craig McMurtrie, a distinguished journalist and one of the ABC’s most respected editorial leaders.”

McMurtrie said: “The ABC’s role as Australia’s trusted national voice is more vital than ever, and it’s an honour and also humbling to be given such a responsibility.

“My most important task is to support and defend fearless, independent public interest journalism and conversations, and freedom of expression, as well as ensuring all ABC output is consistent with our high editorial standards.”

Craig McMurtrie, has been a journalist for almost four decades, joining ABC in 1991. His roles have included daily news and current affairs reporting based in Sydney and two stints in the Canberra Press Gallery, with more than five years as Parliament House Bureau Chief.

He spent almost a decade as the ABC’s US correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief, with major assignments including reporting from New York in the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks and in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.

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