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.

• Claire Aston, media & comms manager, Scotland
• John Davison, head of media
• Melanie Marks, media assistant
• Andrew Hogg, news/campaigns editor
• Judith Melby, international editor
• Sarah Wilson, international journalist
• Kate Wills, public relations manager
• Karen Hedges, acting public relations manager
• John McKie, artist liaison officer
• Emma Wigley, online PR officer/media events
• Adrian Horsman, media manager, Ireland

Media team

Claire Aston

Claire Aston, media & comms manager, Scotland

Claire runs the media & communications work for Christian Aid in Scotland and is an expert on the religious and regional media throughout the UK. Previously deputy editor of The Church of England Newspaper, she has freelanced for The Tablet, The Sunday Times.

Telephone: +44 (0) 131 240 1523 Email: caston@christian-aid.org

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John Davison

John Davison, head of media

John Davison joined Christian Aid from The Independent where he worked on the news, comment and foreign desks. He has worked for The Sunday Times and as a freelance magazine writer. Within Christian Aid he is a specialist on Middle East affairs and Afghanistan, Iran and Sudan.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2416 Email: JDavison@christian-aid.org

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Melanie Marks

Melanie Marks, media assistant

Contact Melanie Marks for general media enquiries. Melanie has previously been an intern for the NGO, Africare in Senegal, developing micro credit programmes for women and children under 5. 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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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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Judith Melby

Judith Melby, international editor

Judith Melby leads our international media work and specialises in Africa. She is a former radio and television documentary producer and bureau chief for CBC. For Christian Aid she has reported from Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mali, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2408 Email: JMelby@christian-aid.org

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, 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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Kate Wills

Kate Wills, public relations manager

Kate Wills leads Christian Aid's PR unit, organising a range of events and activities to raise the profile of the organisation. She joined Christian Aid from Fairtrade organisation The Day Chocolate Company, where she was head of press and PR. She previously worked in PR for Freud Communications and KBMMPR.

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

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Karen Hedges

Karen Hedges, acting public relations manager

Karen Hedges 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: KHedges@christian-aid.org

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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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Emma Wigley

Emma Wigley, online PR officer/media events

Emma specialises in online media and PR events. She has project managed Christian Aid’s climate change exhibitions including Grand Designs Live, the Royal Show and Climate SOS.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7523 2452 Email: ewigley@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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