Emma Tucker has been named the next editor-in-chief of the renowned financial daily, the Wall Street Journal— the publication’s first woman editor in its 133-year-old history.
Emma has been heading the UK Sunday Times as its British editor since 2020. She will replace Matt Murray, who was in the role for four years.
News reports quoted sources from News Corp saying that, “Emma is a brilliant, inspiring editor, with digital nous and the highest standards of integrity. She has been a thoughtful custodian of the Sunday Times and will bring verve and virtue to Dow Jones. Her global vision and experience will be particularly important at a time of immense international opportunity for the Wall Street Journal.”
Emma is part of the miniscule group of women holding top positions in media across the globe. According to a report released by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, they remain underrepresented. The report said, “Just 22% of the 180 top editors across the 240 outlets studied are women even though 40% of journalists in the 12 countries are women. There was no change among the 10 countries that were studied last year, meaning that 23% of top editors in the previous sampling were women. In every country except South Africa, the majority of top editors are men. In Japan, no outlet included in the study has a female editor.”
