Being bold and brave — Lessons in leadership from Emma Tucker, new editor of The Wall Street Journal

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Emma Tucker has never been afraid to move outside her comfort zone. The new editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal remembers how as a teenager she left the small town of Lewes in East Sussex to further her education in New Mexico before spending time teaching in Bogota.

“This was in an era that I didn’t have a credit card and no email and off I went to the other side of the world,” she tells host Charlotte Ricca on the latest episode of FIPP’s Media Unscripted podcast. “It was an extraordinarily exciting thing to do between the ages of 16 and 20,” she says. “Nothing bad happened and that was a good lesson for me — you can do these things.”

Tucker’s determination and bravery has stood her in great stead as she’s forged a pioneering career path in journalism.

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