Media Masters - Roula Khalaf

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 7 a.m.

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Roula Khalaf is deputy editor of the Financial Times. Described in 1991 as an \\u201cinsolent reporter from Forbes magazine\\u201d by the \\u2018Wolf of Wall Street\\u2019 Jordan Belfort, she was subsequently fictionalised in the Oscar-winning film. Starting as their North Africa correspondent in 1995, her rise though the FT ranks has been consistent \\u2013 as Middle East editor she launched their regional edition, and led their coverage of the Arab Spring. In this in-depth interview, she celebrates the \\u201crebirth of fact checking\\u201d prompted by the Trump presidency, discusses the implications of Brexit through a global financial lens, and describes the role AI plays in their journalism \\u2013 including the \\u201cJanet Bot\\u201d which alerts editors to the under-representation of women within its pages.

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