Patrick Kingsley

Patrick Kingsley (born June 1989) is a British journalist who is an international correspondent for The New York Times, based in Berlin. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for The Guardian.

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 diplomas from the National Council for the Training of Journalists.

Career

Kingsley joined The Guardian in 2010 as a foreign correspondent assigned to the Middle East. He was appointed the paper’s first-ever migration correspondent in 2015.

He was named foreign affairs journalist of the year at the 2015 British Journalism Awards for his coverage of the European refugee crisis.

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.

Kingsley joined The New York Times as Istanbul bureau chief in 2017 until he was made an international correspondent based out of Berlin.