Press office

Want to speak to Christian Aid's press office? Here are all the contact details of our Media division. If it's outside of regular office hours, then please call our duty press office number: +44 (0) 7850 242 950.


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Media team

Andrew Hogg

Andrew Hogg

Andrew Hogg, news/campaigns editor

Andrew Hogg is a former news editor of the Sunday Times and Observer and was editor of The Sunday Times Insight investigative unit. He was also that paper’s Africa correspondent and Middle East correspondent. Before working at Christian Aid he was head of press at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2058 Email: AHogg@christian-aid.org

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Karen Lobo-Morell

Karen Lobo-Morell

Karen Lobo-Morell, Public relations manager

Karen Lobo-Morell organises media relations activities, high profile events and competitions and devises imaginative media stunts. She has worked in public relations for nine years. She spent the majority of 2003 living in Madagascar working for a small HIV charity, before joining Christian Aid in March 2004.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2404 Email: KLobomorell@christian-aid.org

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Melanie Marks

Melanie Marks

Melanie Marks, media support officer

Contact Melanie Marks for general media enquiries. Melanie has worked at Christian Aid for the past five years and works across both the News and PR units. She has travelled overseas with journalists to highlight the work of Christian Aid and works on fundraising events such as The Big Christmas Sing and Present Aid. She is fluent in French and has a good level of Spanish.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2421 Email: mmarks@christian-aid.org

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, senior international journalist

Sarah Wilson leads Christian Aid's media work for Latin America and the Caribbean. She joined Christian Aid from Channel 4 News and has written for the Independent, Guardian and Mirror. She has reported from Rwanda, Angola and Sudan for the Scotsman.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2277 Email: SWilson@christian-aid.org

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Rachel Baird, policy and campaigns journalist

Rachel handles Christian Aid’s media work on policies and campaigns, notably tackling climate change and tax evasion against developing countries. She also deals with aid, corruption and population. Rachel previously worked at the Daily Express for eight years; she has also written for The Guardian.

Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7523 2446 Email: rbaird@christian-aid.org

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Emma Pomfret

Emma Pomfret

Emma Pomfret, international journalist

Emma leads Christian Aid's media work for Africa. She joined Christian Aid after spending more than a year working as a press officer for an NGO in Malawi. Prior to this Emma worked at The Press Association for six years as a senior features writer, and has also worked for News International and The Observer.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2427 Email: EPomfret@christian-aid.org

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John McKie

John McKie

John McKie, artist liaison officer

John McKie liases with our artist and celebrity supporters. He has worked for The Mail on Sunday, The Independent and The Evening Standard. He is a former editor of Smash Hits and Q magazine. He has also written for THE FACE, Word magazine, The Sunday Times and the Guardian.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2417 Email: JMcKie@christian-aid.org

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Claire Meeghan

Claire Meeghan

Claire Meeghan, senior PR officer

Claire joined Christian Aid in 2010 having worked as a PR professional in the private sector for 10 years. Her focus at Christian Aid is mainly on the Trace the Tax campaign but she also works on fundraising events such as The Big Christmas Sing and Quizaid.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7253 2318 Email: cmeeghan@christian-aid.org

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Melanie Smith

Melanie Smith

Melanie Smith, PR officer

Melanie Smith joined Christian Aid as media officer for youth volunteering scheme Platform2 in June 2010, before starting the role of PR Officer in May 2011. Melanie was previously a features writer at the Press Association, and has written for publications including The Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Daily Express and The Sun, and Take A Break, Company, and Reveal magazines.

Telephone: +44 (0)20 753 2416 Email: msmith@christian-aid.org

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Adrian Horsman, media manager, Ireland

Adrian Horsman was a TV/radio journalist in Dublin and Belfast for 25 years before joining Christian Aid Ireland in 2005. He has a special interest in Africa and in 1992/93 he reported regularly for BBC Five Live and South Africa’s 702 Talk Radio while cycling from Algiers to Cape Town.

Telephone: +44 (0) 28 9038 1204 Email: Belfast@christian-aid.org

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Jennifer Clark, media and communications officer, Scotland

Jennifer delivers the media and communications aspects of Christian Aid’s work in Scotland. Prior to this, she has worked in press and campaigning roles across the public and voluntary sectors, including time spent working in the European Parliament and local government.

Telephone: +44 (0) 141 241 6140 Email: jclark@christian-aid.org

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