Haywood had been working at The Sun on a casual basis for the previous 18 months, prior to which she worked at INS News Agency in Reading.
She has also worked on the glossy women's magazine Look and started her career at the Medway News local paper in Kent.
"I'm thrilled to have been given a job on the world's best-selling newspaper," she told Journalism.co.uk.
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