Gavin Fang has been appointed the ABC’s Editorial Director.

Fang joined the ABC’s Perth newsroom in 2000 working as a foreign correspondent based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Executive Producer in the Asia Pacific News Centre and ABC News Planning Editor before taking on his current role as Deputy Director News in 2022.

He was involved in designing and implementing the More Relevant to More Australians News strategy and the One Sport strategy that established a new sport vertical. As ABC News Diversity Lead, Gavin designed and led diversity and inclusion initiatives and is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee.

ABC Managing Director David Anderson said:

“Gavin has had a very successful career at the ABC for more than two decades and brings to the leadership team the benefit of his considerable experience as a journalist and already has a strong track record as a leader across the organisation.

The Editorial Director position is crucial to maintaining the highest editorial standards expected of our journalists and content makers across all areas of the ABC and ensuring our independence and editorial integrity are always protected.

It is an important role on the ABC’s Leadership team. Gavin will be working with the Content Directors, leading the Editorial Policies team, setting and interpreting editorial standards to provide advice, training and guidance on referred pre-published content. This role also conducts editorial reviews as required.”​

Gavin Fang said:

“It is a privilege to be entrusted with a role helping to ensure the ABC remains Australia’s most trusted media organisation.

Brave, accurate, fair and independent public interest journalism and storytelling, built on the bedrock of our high editorial standards, is a critical service we provide to all Australians.

I am excited to be given the opportunity to support all our storytellers in this vital work.”

Fang takes over from current Acting Editorial Director, Simon Melkman and begins his new role in late January 2024.