Emma Tucker

Emma Tucker (born 1966 or 1967)[1] is an English journalist. She is the editor of The Sunday Times, having succeeded Martin Ivens in January 2020.[2] She is a former deputy editor of The Times.[3]

Emma Tucker
Born1966 or 1967 (age 53–54)
EducationPriory School, Lewes
Armand Hammer United World College of the American West
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Sunday Times

Early life

Tucker attended Wallands School and Priory School in Lewes,[4] East Sussex, and won a scholarship[3] to the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West in Montezuma, New Mexico, US, which she attended from 1983 to 1985.[5] She then earned a degree in PPE at Oxford University.[6]

Career

Tucker began her career as a reporter at the Financial Times[3] in 1990.[7] She then covered the EU in Brussels for several years before becoming editor of FT Weekend. She joined The Times in 2007 as associate features editor and a year later became editor of times2. In 2012 she became The Times' editorial director.[3] In October 2013[1] she was appointed deputy editor, under editor John Witherow,[3] succeeding Keith Blackmore who had stood down that August.[1] In January 2020 she became the first female editor of The Sunday Times since Rachel Beer in 1901.[2]

Personal life

Tucker lives in Herne Hill, South London. She is married, with three sons and three stepsons.[8]

References
  1. "Times editorial director Emma Tucker is made deputy editor". Press Gazette. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. Sweney, Mark (24 January 2020). "Emma Tucker becomes first female Sunday Times editor since 1901". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. Paul Blanchard (9 August 2018). "Emma Tucker - Editor, The Sunday Times". mediamasters.fm (Podcast). Media Masters. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. Rothery, Joanne (20 April 2019). "Challenging Times". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. Media Masters Podcast Interview With Emma Tucker (PDF), retrieved 26 January 2020
  6. Emma Tucker Speaker Bio, retrieved 26 January 2020
  7. Halliday, Josh (18 October 2013). "Times deputy editor hails 'phenomenal' rise of women in newspapers". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. "MY HOME LIFE: EMMA TUCKER". theroyalexchange.co.uk. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
Media offices
Preceded by
Keith Blackmore		 Deputy Editor of The Times
2013–2020		 Succeeded by
Tony Gallagher
Preceded by
Martin Ivens		 Editor of The Sunday Times
2020–present		 Incumbent


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