Andrew Coyne will become the national editor of Maclean’s newsmagazine, announced publisher and editor-in-chief Ken Whyte. Coyne will join Maclean’s in early November, said a press release, noting that Coyne will ll write a column as well as longer pieces.

At the National Post Coyne was national affairs columnist; he has also been an editorial writer and columnist for The Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, and the Southam newspaper chain. He has won two National Newspaper Awards and the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism. A native of Winnipeg, Coyne has a B.A. in Economics and History from the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics.