Kamala Hayman is a New Zealand newspaper journalist and editor. In 2018, she was appointed editor of ''

The Press ''The Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. First published in 1861, the newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. One comm ...

'', a metropolitan daily newspaper in

Christchurch, New Zealand Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

Biography

Hayman studied journalism at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

. She was a journalist in London, England, for ten years, where she wrote about politics and crime for a local newspaper, and worked for BBC's ''News Online'' service. She moved to Christchurch in 2001. After working as a reporter for ''The Press'', she became chief reporter and then editor of thepress.co.nz website. In the 2004 Qantas Media Awards, Hayman won the Environment and Conservation category for her article "DOC to remove hundreds of baches". In 2015, Hayman was appointed deputy editor, Canterbury and Otago region by her then-employer,

Fairfax Media Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald' ...

. In 2017, Hayman was executive producer of a true crime podcast, ''Black Hands'', which explored the 1994

Bain family murders On 20 June 1994, Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four childrenArawa, Laniet and Stephenwere shot to death in Dunedin, New Zealand. The only suspects were David Cullen Bain, the eldest son and only survivor, and Robin Bain, the father ...

. The series topped the podcast charts in New Zealand, Australia, Britain and Ireland. In 2017,

Joanna Norris Joanna Norris is a New Zealand-based journalist and current head of ChristchurchNZ, an organisation responsible for promotion and economic development. Prior to that, she was editor of ''The Press'', a daily broadsheet published in Christchurch. N ...

resigned her position as editor of ''The Press'' and Hayman was appointed acting editor. She was confirmed as editor in 2018.

References

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