Warrington Guardian Series (Newsquest North West Ltd)

Nicola has been Editor of the Warrington Guardian for eight years and is only the second woman to hold the post since the paper started 160 years ago. She also edits the Warrington Midweek and warringtonguardian.co.uk. In 2006 she was appointed Group Editor of Newsquest Cheshire, and in December 2008 added the Wirral Globe and the Leigh Journal titles to her portfolio. She is now responsible for 12 weekly newspapers and 10 websites, plus the Wirral Lifestyle magazine. She has an editorial staff of 50. In 2009 she reorganised the editorial departments and introduced central subbing for the Cheshire/Merseyside titles which are all now produced from Warrington. She continues to work with the other editors and their teams who are based in Northwich, Sale, St Helens, Leigh and Wirral to produce market-leading newspapers and websites. Nicola takes an active role in the company’s journalism training acting as an invigilator and assessor for workshops and refresher courses for trainees before taking their NCE. She is a member of the Society of Editors.