Fairfax Media : Julie-anne Sprague appointed Financial Review Rich List Editor

1 June 2018:
The Australian Financial Review has appointed Julie-anne Sprague as Financial Review Rich List Editor.

Julie-anne brings a wealth of experience to the role as a senior financial journalist with more than 17 years' experience working in Australia and the UK. At the Financial Review she has held roles including deputy companies and markets editor, Perth bureau chief and corporate reporter.

In her new role, she will oversee the research and direct the flagship Rich List coverage for Australia's premier national business, financial and political daily publication.

Financial Review Editor-in-Chief Michael Stutchbury said: 'We're thrilled to have Julie-anne stepping into this high-profile role. She is a journalist of the highest calibre and will do an excellent job building on the Financial Review's 35-year heritage reporting on wealth in Australia.'

Ms Sprague said: 'I'm looking forward to telling the inside stories of some of the nation's best and brightest entrepreneurs and business builders. The Financial Review Rich List is a cherished franchise within our newsroom. It has a wealth of data that I can't wait to jump into and explore.'

The Financial Review Rich List consists of the 200 wealthiest Australians and is published annually in May. Its compilation is the single biggest undertaking in business journalism in Australia. Young Rich, which lists the 100 wealthiest Australians aged 40 and younger and is published in October. Both lists appear on www.afr.com and inside The Australian Financial Review Magazine.

Ms Sprague's appointment comes after a series of new initiatives with the Rich List, including a new micro-site www.afr.com/richlist as well as the special Rich List issue of AFR Magazine being sold as a standalone magazine in news agencies. It is the first time AFR Magazine has been sold as a standalone in addition to being inserted into the Financial Review newspaper.