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Brooke Masters

US Managing Editor

​Brooke Masters is the US managing editor of the Financial Times. She oversees editorial operations in the US and the Americas from the regional headquarters in New York and writes a global business column.

Since joining the FT in 2006, she has held a variety of editing, reporting and commentary roles in both New York and London. Among them were US financial editor, opinion and analysis editor, companies editor and chief regulation correspondent. She spent the first part of her career at the Washington Post covering criminal justice, local politics and education.

Email Brooke Masters @brookeamasters  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
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  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
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  • Saturday, 18 January, 2025
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