Sheily Belhaj will become deputy editor-in-chief of NOS News on 1 January 2027, succeeding Bart Leferink, who is leaving the editorial leadership after nearly 15 years. Belhaj is currently head of NOS Stories.

She has worked at NOS since 2017, including as a foreign-news editor at the NOS Radio 1 Journal, editor-in-chief of NOS Stories and online news coordinator. Before joining NOS, she worked at NTR and VPRO.