Impress has appointed its inaugural board. The six members include a former Sun staffer, Sue Evison, and two other former journalists, Máire Messenger Davies, who is now professor of media studies at Ulster university, and Deborah Arnott, who is now chief executive of the anti-smoking charity, ASH. The other three are Iain Christie, a barrister who is secretary of the Civil Mediation Council; David Robinson, founding chief executive of the life insurance company Bright Grey; and Patrick Swaffer, president of the British Board of Film Classification.

The board will begin work in January 2015.