Emma Jane Tucker (born 24 October 1966) is an English journalist. She is editor of ''

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'', having succeeded

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in January 2020. She is a former deputy editor of ''

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''. In December 2022, she was named the new editor of ''

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'', "the first woman to lead the 133-year-old business publication."

Early life

Tucker was born on 24 October 1966 in London, England. Her parents are Nicholas Tucker and Jacqueline Anthony. She attended Wallands School and Priory School in Lewes, East Sussex. She applied for entry into

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in Wales. She attended an interview in

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, London, where she was offered an opportunity to study at the

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(UWC-USA) in

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, US. Six weeks later she won a scholarship to study at UWC-USA, and attended it from the age of 16 in 1983 until 1985. She later said "I was very homesick to begin with, but I had an incredible two years there. It was a complete change of pace, life, outlook, everything". She then read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at

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Career

In 1990 Tucker became a graduate trainee at the ''

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'' (''FT''). She worked in the House of Commons

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, and wrote the

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s column. She worked in the newspaper's economics room at the time of the ERM crisis. She later said, "they were slightly baffled he ''FT''.. because they hadn't got many young women". Tucker was posted to

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from 1994 to 2000, where she covered the

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in her first foreign correspondent job. In January 2000 she moved to

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and was a foreign correspondent in Germany for three years. She applied to become property editor of the ''FT'', and moved to features. She became editor of ''FT Weekend''. Tucker joined ''

'' in 2007 as associate features editor and a year later became editor of ''Times2''. In 2012 she became ''The Times'' editorial director. In October 2013 she was appointed deputy editor, under editor John Witherow, succeeding Keith Blackmore who had stood down that August. At the end of January 2020, Tucker became the first female editor of ''

'' since

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in 1901. During Tucker's tenure as editor, the newspaper reported on controversies regarding COVID-19 contracts. In December 2022, she was named the new editor of ''

'', "the first woman to lead the 133-year-old business publication," replacing Matt Murray on February 1, 2023.

Personal life

Tucker has three sons (one born in February 2001). They lived in Lewes, East Sussex. Tucker divorced her first husband and moved to London. In 2008, she then married her second husband, Peter Andreas Howarth, who already had three sons. She lives in

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, South London with her husband.

References

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