Metro US will host Arianna Huffington as guest editor

Written for the Editors Weblog on March 17, 2009 at 10:44 AM:

On Wednesday Metro US will have Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of the Huffington Post, as a guest editor for the day. She will attend news meetings, as well as mediate and contribute to the news of the day.

"Arianna Huffington's unique insight, knowledge and contacts will be a superb addition to Metro," said Tony Metcalf, the editor-in-chief of Metro US.

This is not the first time Metro pulls something like this, in October 2008 they had James Blunt editing from their Rome desk for Metro International.

Other papers have invited celebrities to partake in their publications. U2 singer Bono is writing six to ten columns in 2009 for the New York Times, and Tribune Newspapers has invited Quincy Jones and other renowned musicians as guest writers. During the difficult times print faces against the Internet and the financial crisis, papers have found that these popular figures can help lure readers in.

Source: Metro