Steve Dyson has been appointed as the new Editor of the
Birmingham Evening Mail.
Steve, 37, is currently Editor of the Evening Gazette in
Teesside, also a Trinity Mirror title.
In his three years at the helm he has led the paper through
consecutive circulation increases and a successful tabloid conversion.
The latest ABCs showed that his title was the UK's top performer
among metropolitan-sized regional evenings.
The Gazette is also the North East Newspaper of the Year and has
won several high-profile campaigns under Steve's editorship.
The move will see Steve return to his home city and to the paper
where he spent much of his earlier career.
He was with the Evening Mail for eight years, joining in 1994 as
industrial correspondent and moving up the ranks to become Features Editor, Head
of News, Assistant Editor and then Deputy Editor.
Steve is married with three children and still has many family
connections in Birmingham. He joins the Evening Mail in August, and the process
to find his replacement in Teesside begins immediately.
Georgina Harvey, Trinity Mirror's Managing Director, Regional
Newspapers, said: "The editorship of the Evening Mail is one of the biggest jobs
in regional newspapers, and in Steve we have appointed someone who is more than
up to the task.
"He has already proved his leadership abilities at the Evening
Gazette in Teesside, where his flair, drive and commitment were the hallmarks of
his highly successful tenure.
"I am particularly pleased that the level of talent across our
business has enabled us to recruit an internal candidate for this important
role."
Steve Dyson said: "I never planned to leave the Evening Gazette
after just three years, but I couldn't ignore the exciting challenge of editing
my home-town newspaper at this time of change.
"Birmingham is a fast-moving city and there's an enormous amount
to do with the Evening Mail as we take steps to strengthen its position in the
West Midlands.
"There are talented journalists at the Mail and I look forward
to leading them, and working with Mark Dickinson and the wider team, to ensure
it reasserts itself as the region's leading media title.
"I will be sad to leave Teesside, a place where I have gained so
much experience and knowledge. But I know that I do so with the Gazette in a
solid state and with a keen team to maintain its momentum."
