Reuters hires top FT editor as global editor-at-large

She will help plan Reuters editorial strategy, play a key role on forthcoming financial video service Reuters Insider, serve as Reuters’ principal television pundit, be senior contributor to Reuters.com and play a leading role in Reuters Summits and in Thomson Reuters global Newsmaker series.

Prior to her tenure as the FT’s US managing editor Freeland was the newspaper’s deputy editor in London, editor of the weekend edition, editor of FT.com, UK news editor, Moscow bureau chief and Eastern Europe correspondent. She began her career as a stringer in Ukraine, writing for the FT, The Washington Post and The Economist.

"Chrystia has proven herself an excellent reporter and an original thinker whose views are respected and listened to," said Schlesinger. "Her work will be a great complement to that done by the 2,800 journalists at Reuters worldwide."

Lionel Barber, FT editor, said: "Chrystia has been a driving force behind the FT's success in the US for the past four years, and has contributed to the FT's global profile in many other senior roles in London and Moscow. I wish her the very best with her future endeavours."

Freeland’s replacement at the FT is Gillian Tett, assistant editor for markets coverage. ■