Nadia Khomami reflects on how her role at the heart of the paper compares with predecessor Jean Stead’s in the 1960s
The newsdesk is the beating heart of the Guardian. Fast-paced, frenetic, and at any moment seemingly close to a cardiac crisis, it drives the publication of scores of news stories every day.
In my three years as assistant news editor, there has been no shortage of historic moments:
Brexit and a general
election followed swiftly by a pandemic that changed the world. Even on quiet days, our operation begins at 7am when the first editor in
London picks up the baton from our Australia office and refreshes the website with new stories, and ends around 1am when the night editor puts the final print edition to bed.