New Role for Amy Fiscus

London is a complex hub, playing a central role in the newsroom's 24-7 operation and leading coverage for a vast swath of the world. It is expanding in size, scope and ambition.

The International desk is core to the hub's evolution. And we are pleased to announce that Amy Fiscus, a natural leader with a proven record of delivering high-impact journalism, will be our next deputy editor in London.

She joins a powerhouse leadership team in London, working alongside Suzanne Spector on Europe coverage and similarly partnering with Yara Bayoumy on the Middle East. Together, the three will support the entire newsroom, whatever the priorities or needs.

Amy takes over from Kim Fararo, who is returning to New York to join the International desk's senior leadership team and work with Alison Mitchell to supervise news coverage, help sharpen and elevate stories, and work with the Europe and Live teams in the American time zone. As the first deputy editor in Europe, Kim was instrumental in building out the hub from an extension of the International desk to a multidepartment, interdisciplinary newsroom. Thankfully, Kim, who has served as a mentor to countless editors and reporters, will continue to work closely with London.

Amy was the obvious choice to succeed her. As international security editor, she jumped quickly into the fray and has edited pieces on diplomacy , defense , the Middle East and the Trump administration's approach to Europe .

Amy has a long history of steering some of our biggest coverage. She joined The Times in 2017 as the national security editor in the Washington bureau, where she ran many of the most sensitive stories of the first Trump and early Biden administrations. She oversaw coverage of the Russia investigation and edited work that was part of The Times's Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2018.

"Amy's news judgment, collegiality and skill at managing complex stories made her a vital member of the Washington team for years - and make her a perfect fit for her new and expanded role in London," said Dick Stevenson, Washington bureau chief.

As the deputy editor of The Morning , The Times's flagship daily newsletter. Amy widened its reach, creating weekend editions and broadening its roster of writers to include more expert voices from around the newsroom. During her tour at The Washington Post, she helped run the team that won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for coverage of the assassination attempt of President Trump.

Amy has also been an editor for The Los Angeles Times's Washington bureau, The Associated Press and newspapers in Missouri, Connecticut and North Carolina. She is from Iowa and graduated from the University of Missouri.

Please join us in congratulating Amy.

- Phil and Adrienne