Financial Times Names Roula Khalaf as First Female Top Editor in Its 131 Years

Roula Khalaf, a 24-year veteran of the Financial Times, will take over from the veteran journalist Lionel Barber in January. (NYT)

Khalaf has served as deputy editor since 2016, with the newspaper emphasizing her role in leading its foreign reporting and her work on increasing newsroom diversity and attracting more female readers. She will be the paper’s first female editor. (The Guardian)

Barber will leave after 34 years spent working prestige assignments including Washington correspondent, Brussels bureau chief and editor. (CNN Business)