Portrait of Katrin Bennhold

Katrin Bennhold

Katrin Bennhold is the Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times. A native German who spent most of her life abroad, Ms. Bennhold has been particularly interested in exploring the rise of the far right. In 2021, she hosted “Day X,” an audio series on far-right infiltration of Germany's security services that built on an award-winning print series and a 2019 podcast documentary on nationalism and populism in Europe, “The Battle for Europe.”

Previously Ms. Bennhold reported for The Times from London and Paris, writing about a range of topics from migration to gender. She covered a string of terrorist attacks in France and Britain and wrote a series of features on the fallout from the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Ms. Bennhold has been at The Times since 2004. She has an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University in 2012-2013. She lives with her husband and three children in Berlin.

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    What Happens if America Turns Its Back on Its Allies in Europe

    Faltering U.S. support for Ukraine and comments from Donald Trump about NATO have caused alarm in European capitals.

    By Katrin Bennhold, Steven Erlanger, Eric Krupke, Olivia Natt, Mooj Zadie, Marc Georges, M.J. Davis Lin, Devon Taylor, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop and Alyssa Moxley

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    The Threat of a Wider War in the Middle East

    A string of attacks have heightened fears that the war in Gaza could become a regional conflict.

    By Katrin Bennhold, Sydney Harper, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Summer Thomad, Diana Nguyen, Patricia Willens, Michael Benoist, Dan Powell, Will Reid and Chris Wood

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    How MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube

    The social media megastar regularly goes viral for giving away money in extremely extravagant and colorful ways.

    By Katrin Bennhold, Nina Feldman, Will Reid, Carlos Prieto, Rachelle Bonja, Marc Georges, Paige Cowett, Lisa Chow, Dan Powell and Chris Wood

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    The Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action

    The decision sharply curtails a policy that has long been a pillar of American higher education.

    By Katrin Bennhold, Rob Szypko, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Alexandra Leigh Young, Rachelle Bonja, Lexie Diao, Paige Cowett, Lisa Chow, Marion Lozano and Chris Wood

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    Is Washington Finally Ready to Take On Big Tech?

    Federal regulators are fighting Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of the video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard.

    By Katrin Bennhold, Mooj Zadie, Clare Toeniskoetter, Nina Feldman, Rachelle Bonja, John Ketchum, Michael Benoist, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop and Chris Wood

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    Understanding Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

    The Times’s Kyiv bureau chief reports from the front line as the shape of a long-awaited campaign begins to emerge.

    By Katrin Bennhold, Shannon Lin, Carlos Prieto, Diana Nguyen, Michael Simon Johnson, M.J. Davis Lin, Michael Benoist, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and Chris Wood

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    The Re-Militarization of Germany

    The invasion of Ukraine is forcing Europe’s economic giant to dispense with taboos dating back to the postwar years.

    By Michael Barbaro, Eric Krupke, Will Reid, Luke Vander Ploeg, Shannon Lin, Rachelle Bonja, Paige Cowett, Michael Benoist, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop and Chris Wood

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