The New Statesman has appointed Emily Mann as deputy and managing editor.

Mann will join the weekly current affairs magazine in June. She replaces Sue Matthias who left in April to join the Guardian’s Weekend Magazine. Mann, who was previously chief sub editor on the New Stateman, joins from the Guardian where she was subeditor of Saturday’s Review section.

Mehdi Hasan has also been appointed senior editor (politics) and will also join in June.

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