Amazing facts about Reuters first woman Editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni who broke 170-year record

By Nneka Nwogwugwu

Reuters has announced 47-year-old Alessandra Galloni as its next editor-in-chief, making her the first woman to hold such position in the news service’s 170-year history.

Galloni, who will oversee 2,500 journalists in 200 locations globally, takes the job April 19. She replaces Stephen Adler, 66, who ran the newsroom for a decade.

Galloni, a veteran of the Wall Street Journal, joined Reuters in 2013 in its Southern Europe bureau. Since 2015, she has served as global managing editor, handling news planning.

She was the standout candidate in an extensive, global search and highly competitive recruitment process, which featured many impressive internal and external candidates,” Reuters President Michael Friedenberg said in the statement.

Here are few facts you should know about Alessandra Galloni

1. Alessandra Galloni is an Italian journalist and was born in 1974.
2. She was named editor in chief of Reuters. She won an Overseas Press Club Award, and Business Journalist of the Year Award.
3. She graduated from Harvard University and the London School of Economics.
4. She was a reporter for Reuters’s Italian-language bureau. From 2000 to 2013, she was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. From 2013 to 2015, she was editor of the Reuters Southern Europe bureau. From 2015 to 2021, she was Reuters global managing editor.