Anthony De Ceglie | |
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21st Editor of The West Australian | |
In office January 2019 – April 2024 | |
Preceded by | Brett McCarthy |
Personal details | |
Citizenship | Australia |
Profession | Journalist |
Awards | Walkley Award (3) |
Anthony De Ceglie is an Australian journalist who has served as the editor-in-chief of West Australian Newspapers [1] [2] (including The West Australian) from January 2019 to April 2024. [3] [4] Prior to entering the position, De Ceglie served as the deputy editor of the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph from March 2016, as well as serving as Deputy Editor at the Sunday Times and its web portal PerthNow before becoming the editor of WAN. His first job in journalism was at The Collie Mail in the rural town of Collie, Western Australia. [4]
From March 2020 to 2021, during his tenure, it increased its weekday readership by 14%, [5] and its Sunday readership by 28%, [5] though some have argued that it has gone in a more tabloid direction under his leadership, [6] and the staff has been reduced. [6]
In 2020, De Ceglie won a Walkley Award for Headline, Caption or Hook, in the category of all media, for his "You only had one JobKeeper" line. [4] Prior to this, he had already received two Walkleys. [4] Additionally, he serves as a trustee of the Channel 7 Telethon trust, [7] a charitable organisation owned by Seven West Media (which also in turn owns WAN).
The West Australian Mar 2020 - Readership (000's): 292 | Mar 2021 - Readership (000's) - 339 | "West Australian Saturday [The Weekend West] | Mar 2020 - Readership (000's): 387 | Mar 2021 - Readership (000's) - 409" | "Sunday Times | Mar 2020 - Readership (000's): 284 Mar 2021 - Readership (000's) - 394"
Anthony De Ceglie | Trustee | Anthony De Ceglie is the Editor in Chief of West Australian Newspapers. Before taking up this role in 2019, he was the deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney and spent time on secondment to New York as part of News Corp's international development program. He has won multiple Walkley Awards and his first jobs were at rural newspapers in Collie and Mandurah before joining The Sunday Times and PerthNow where he was deputy editor.