Seven Network has appointed Erin Edwards as News Director for Brisbane and Gold Coast, marking the Walkley Award-winning journalist's return to the network after an 18 month stint at Paramount and Network 10.

The appointment is effective from 2025, with Edwards to report to Anthony De Ceglie, Seven Network's Director of News and Current Affairs and Seven West Media Editor-in-Chief.

"Erin is a proven leader whose heart never really left Seven. She's a first-class team player and decision maker with impeccable news judgement and a real will to teach and develop all staff. She started at Seven Queensland out of university and then moved to Seven Brisbane, where she got a name as an elite police reporter and all-rounder with impeccable writing and presenting standards. 7NEWS is an integral part of the lives of the community in Brisbane and the Gold Coast and I can't wait for Erin and the team to take it to even greater heights," said De Ceglie.

In her new role, Edwards will be responsible for the editorial and managerial leadership of the Brisbane and Gold Coast newsrooms.

Edwards spent the first 22 years of her career as a senior journalist for Seven across Mackay, Townsville, the Sunshine Coast, and Brisbane. She left the network in May 2023 to take on a new role as executive editor of 10 News Queensland.

Edwards holds a Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Queensland and has won a Walkley Award for Television News Reporting for her story on the Lockyer Valley Flood during her time at Seven.

It's the latest in a suite of new appointments to the network's news team nationally, joining Sean Power as Seven's Sydney News Director, Mark Mooney as Adelaide News Director, Chris Salter as Melbourne News Director, Gemma Acton as National Director of News Operations, Gemma Williams as Executive Producer of 7NEWS Spotlight, Jake Lyle as Sunrise Executive Producer, Holly Fallon as Weekend Sunrise Executive Producer, and Natalie Wolfe as Editor of 7NEWS.com.au.

Seven Queensland Managing Director, Todd Dickinson, said: "I know how much our News team admire and respect Erin, not just as a journalist but as a leader and, most of all, as a person. They are ecstatic she is coming back home where she belongs – and I feel exactly the same."

"I am thrilled to return home to 7NEWS Brisbane and Gold Coast and lead Queensland's best news team. I was a teenager when I first walked into a Seven newsroom as an intern. I grew up within its walls and over two decades shared some of this state's biggest stories. I can't wait to tell more," said Edwards.