Renée Kaplan is a respected media manager, with experience across public broadcasting, digital outlets and legacy newspapers in France, the UK and the US. Before joining the Institute, Kaplan was the Head of News for ARTE, the European public broadcaster, where she oversaw news, current affairs documentaries and news magazines, and piloted numerous digital transformation initiatives. 

Before taking on that role, she was the Head of digital editorial development at the Financial Times, where she led innovation, new editorial products and digital journalism, including newsletters, podcasts and topic verticals. She worked both on content and strategy and developed new ways to align journalism and business models. She has been a frequent speaker on innovation and the future of journalism at industry events and in journalism schools. 

Before the FT, she was deputy editorial director of the news network France 24, where she was a senior member of the original launch team in 2006. Previously, she was based in New York, where she worked as a producer and editor on staff at numerous US media, including CNN, CBS News and the New York Observer. 

She is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board for the Sciences Po Journalism School, where she taught previously. She has also taught digital journalism at the American University of Paris, and editorial innovation strategy to newsroom leaders in the Craig Newmark School of Journalism Executive Program at CUNY. She was a 2023 Nieman Journalism Foundation Fellow at Harvard.