Alessandra Galloni is editor in chief of Reuters, the first female to hold this position in the organization’s 170-year history. Since 2021, she has overseen all editorial functions across video, text, pictures and graphics. Previously, Galloni was global managing editor at Reuters and, before that, editor of its southern Europe bureau. Prior to this, she was a reporter, economics and business writer, and editor in London, Paris and Rome for The Wall Street Journal. Galloni began her career in 1996 at Reuters in Rome. Her recognition includes the 2020 Lawrence Minard Editor Award from the Gerald Loeb Foundation and the UCLA Anderson School of Management, an Overseas Press Club Award and a U.K. Business Journalist of the Year Award.