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Editor who spent 20 years in charge of weekly leaves in restructure

chrs-carter-e1449832439679An editor who spent more than 20 years in charge of a weekly newspaper has left as part of a restructure by its parent company.

Regional publisher Archant has confirmed the departure of Chris Carter, who had edited the Ilford Recorder since 1996 and the Romford Recorder since 2013.

Chris, who marked 25 years with Archant in February 2015, left before Christmas as part of a wider reorganisation being undertaken by the company.

Other long-serving Archant editors to have left their roles in recent months include Nigel Pickover, of the Eastern Daily Press, Terry Mitchinson, of the Welwyn Hatfield Times and North London editor-in-chief Geoff Martin.

HTFP understands Michael Adkins is now the overall executive editor for Archant’s weekly titles in Romford, Ilford, Barking & Dagenham and Newham.

Michael joined Archant in 2008 and was previously the editor of the Barking and Dagenham Post.

An Archant spokeswoman said: “We can confirm Chris Carter left his role in the company last year as the result of a reorganisation of the senior editorial management team in London.”

Chris pictured with colleagues as he celebrated 25 years with Archant in 2015

Chris pictured with colleagues as he celebrated 25 years with Archant in 2015

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  • January 10, 2017 at 8:57 am
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    Another week and another long serving experienced staffer cast aside by Archant “..as part of a wider reorganisation being undertaken by the company.” By all means reduce the number of editors in the company (we all agree there are far too many) in order to save costs, but letting experienced staff go then directly replacing them with less experienced ones makes no sense whatsoever. Good luck to Chris Carter in his future endeavours

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