The Telegraph has appointed Memphis Barker as acting foreign editor. Recently, Barker served as a reporter in a freelance capacity for The Economist.
Previously, he was a Britain desk intern at The Economist. He was also a comment editor at The i newspaper. He was also with The Independent for 4 years, where he worked as an assistant editor, Independent Voices and then as a deputy comment editor.
Barker is a graduate of the University of Oxford.
