New editor for Bauer Media’s Gourmet Traveller

Joanna Hunkin has been appointed as editor of Bauer’s Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine.

Joanna Hunkin will start as editor of Gourmet Traveller in September. Picture: Supplied

Bauer Media has appointed NZME’s head of entertainment and lifestyle, Joanna Hunkin, as editor of its food, wine and travel magazine Gourmet Traveller in Australia.

Sally Eagle, general manager of publishing at Bauer Media Australia, said Hunkin’s experience across broadcast, print and digital over the past 15 years makes her “the ideal candidate to take the helm.”

“The brand continues to engage with its dedicated and passionate audience across all platforms, so her experience with cross-platform channels will be hugely beneficial,” Ms Eagle said in a statement.

Hunkin has spent the past five years working at New Zealand’s largest media company, NZME, across print and digital content. She also led the launch of New Zealand Herald’s new lifestyle magazine, Be Well, and edited the weekly entertainment magazine, Time-out.

Prior to NZME, Hunkin was a general news reporter for New Zealand’s One News on TV for more than four years.

Hunkin will join Bauer on September 2, taking over from Amy Reedy, the magazine’s acting editor since late last year.