Davies is to step down immediately, leaving both the Herald and Sun-Herald without editorsDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingThe editor of The
Sydney Morning Herald, Lisa Davies, has resigned after five years in the role and will step down immediately.
Davies did not reveal her plans, telling staff only that “the time feels right for me to look towards what’s next” and handing her editing tasks to her deputy Cosima Marriner from Tuesday.