LONDON, Mar 21 : Katharine Viner is to become the first female editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper.
Viner, currently editor-in-chief of the broadsheet's New York-based US website, will take over from the departing Alan Rusbridger in the summer.
Viner joined The Guardian in 1997 and has been its deputy editor as well as editor of its Saturday edition. "Being editor-in-chief of the Guardian and Observer is an enormous privilege and responsibility," Viner said in a statement.     ?BBC Online