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Helen Backway was Deputy News Editor at News Shopper from February 2006 and took over as News Editor in April 2007.
The job involves running a busy news desk covering south east London and north Kent with 12 reporters.
The 29-year-old lives in Streatham.
Much as I love a three day weekend, when the bank holiday comes around it does mean a hectic week in the lead up to it as we have to get the paper finished on the Friday, rather than Monday.
Over the past few days one of my tasks has been, along with the editor, to interview for a new reporter for the newsroom.
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