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December 2, 2004updated 22 Nov 2022 12:32pm

Trinity Mirror names South Wales Echo editor

By Press Gazette

Trinity Mirror has named Richard Williams as the new editor of its Cardiff-based evening paper the South Wales Echo.

Williams has spent most of his career with Trinity Mirror but for the last two years has been editor-in-chief of the Wrexham-based Evening Leader , which is owned by North Wales Newspapers.

He started his career with the Liverpool-based Daily Post in 1989 and rose to chief reporter, news editor, assistant editor and deputy editor.

He also spent a period as news editor of Wales on Sunday in 1995, which is part of Western Mail & Echo.

Williams was born in Wrexham and is a Welsh speaker. He replaces Alistair Milburn who announced his intention to leave the Echo after three years in September to set up his own PR business.

He said: “As a Welshman, it will give me great pride to be editing my capital city’s evening newspaper.

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“I look forward to building on the work done by Alastair Milburn and the team over the past few years and developing the Echo’s well-known reputation for good journalism.”

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