Renée Kaplan

Renée Kaplan is Head of Partnerships at Substack, France. Renée is a journalist and digital transformation leader, with over 20 years of experience managing and innovating media. She was until June 2025 Head of News at ARTE. Prior to that, she served as head of digital editorial development at the Financial Times, where she led teams working on innovation, new editorial products and much of the FT's digital journalism. Before moving to the Financial Times, she was deputy editorial director of news network France 24, and has worked as a journalist on staff at numerous U.S. media including CNN, CBS and the New York Observer.