Beth Rigby
Beth Rigby (born 6 January 1958) is a British journalist. She has worked for Sky News since 2016 and became their Political Editor on 12th April 2019.[1] Rigby has previously worked as a newspaper journalist for the Financial Times and The Times.[2]
Early life and education
Rigby was born in Essex. She attended Beaconsfield High School, a girls' grammar school in Buckinghamshire, before studying social and political science at the University of Cambridge, where her father also studied.[3] She went on to gain a masters degree in Latin American studies from the University of London.[3][2]
Career
Rigby joined the Financial Times as a graduate trainee in 1998 and remained there until 2015, working successively as a retail correspondent, hedge fund correspondent and consumer industries editor before becoming chief political correspondent in 2010 and deputy political editor in January 2013.[2] She joined The Times in 2015 as media editor before moving to Sky News in 2016, initially as senior political correspondent before being promoted in July 2018 to deputy political editor.[2][4] In February 2019 she was appointed Political Editor and took up the post on 12th April 2019, replacing Faisal Islam when he joins BBC News as economics editor.[1]
Rigby has also appeared as a guest on BBC television programmes Sunday Politics, the Andrew Marr Show and Newsnight.[2]
References
- ^ a b Mayhew, Freddy (4 February 2019). "Beth Rigby named next Sky News political editor". Press Gazette.
- ^ a b c d e Greenslade, Roy (22 July 2015). "FT's Beth Rigby is appointed media editor of the Times". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ a b Phillips, Martin (31 January 2019). "Beth Rigby: Who is Sky TV's political reporter and why is she tipped for the top?". Daily Express. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Mayhew, Freddy (31 July 2018). "Telegraph's Kate McCann joins Sky News politics team as Sky's Beth Rigby promoted to deputy political editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 5 February 2019.