Patrick Kingsley (born June 1989) is a British journalist who is the Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times.[1] He previously served as a foreign correspondent for The Guardian.[2]
Patrick Kingsley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 London |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The New York Times |
Early life and education
Kingsley was born in London in June 1989. He graduated with a first in English Literature from the University of Cambridge, and a journalism diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists.[1]
Career
Kingsley joined The Guardian in 2010. He was appointed the paper’s first-ever migration correspondent in 2015.[3]
He was named foreign affairs journalist of the year at the 2015 British Journalism Awards for his coverage of the European refugee crisis.[4]
Based on his work in the field, he authored 'The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis', which was published in 2016 by Guardian Faber.[5]
Kingsley joined The New York Times as Istanbul bureau chief in 2017 until he was made an international correspondent based out of Berlin.[citation needed]
According to his online biography, Kingsley speaks Arabic and is studying Hebrew.[6]
The New York Times appended a 266-word editor's note to a 2021 article by Kingsley about Palestinian professor Refaat Alareer that "did not accurately reflect" Alareer’s views of Israeli poetry.[7]