It was announced today that Mishal Husain is joining Bloomberg as Editor-at-Large on Bloomberg Weekend Edition. In this new role, Mishal will host a brand new flagship multi-platform global interview series, to be launched with audio, video and in digital, as a central feature of Bloomberg’s weekend offering. She will also work on other editorial projects for the global news brand.
She joins Bloomberg from the BBC, where she presented its leading news programme Today on BBC Radio 4 for over a decade.
Mishal Husain said: ‘I am delighted to be fronting a new interview show that will reach audiences in different formats as part of the exciting plans for Bloomberg Weekend Edition. Ours is an ever more complex world but the desire for thoughtful conversations crosses all borders. I look forward to working with a new team at Bloomberg – the place which gave me my first job in journalism’.
On her departure from the BBC she said: 'My time at the BBC has involved many memorable moments, going to places I would never otherwise have seen, witnessing history and being part of live, national conversation on Radio 4. I will always be grateful for the opportunities the BBC gave me, and wish the organisation and everyone who is part of it the very best.'