Esme Wren

Esme Wren is a British broadcast journalist who has worked for BBC News, Sky News and Channel 4 News. In 2021 she was appointed editor of Channel 4 News. Between 2018 and 2022, Wren was editor of BBC Newsnight, and oversaw Emily Maitlis's interview with the Duke of York in a special episode: Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal.

Early life and education Wren grew up in a Catholic family in Portsmouth with three sisters and two brothers.

Career

Wren began her journalism career as a producer at Newsnight in the 1990s. She joined Sky News in 2005. She oversaw Sky News's coverage of the 2017 general election as its Head of Politics, Specialist and Business Journalism.

In 2018, Wren was appointed as editor of Newsnight, taking over from Ian Katz.

Interview with Prince Andrew Wren led the Newsnight team as they negotiated, filmed and broadcast Prince Andrew's interview with Emily Maitlis in 2019. Wren was portrayed by two different actors in dramatic recreations of the events surrounding the interview: by Romola Garai in film Scoop,