New Role for Roger Cohen

As a bureau chief, columnist and editor, Roger Cohen has been an authoritative voice of The New York Times for over 35 years, establishing himself as an essential chronicler of global affairs. Befitting this experience, we are pleased to announce that he will take on a new global role based in Paris as international writer-at-large for both the International desk and the Magazine. From this perch, Roger will cover a new beat, chronicling the tectonic political and cultural shifts taking place around the world through a series of ambitious, wide-ranging profiles of global leaders and other features.

"Anyone who reads the report knows that Roger is a brilliant thinker, writer and reporter," said Michael Slackman, assistant managing editor. "But perhaps most of all, Roger has heart. He cares deeply about our journalistic mission and the people and places he writes about."

He began his career at The Times in 1990 as a foreign correspondent in Paris, Sarajevo and Berlin, eventually becoming foreign editor, a tenure that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and later serving for a dozen years as an Opinion columnist. In his role as Paris bureau chief since 2020, he showed his deep love for, and knowledge of, France, through his coverage of elections, the Olympics, political upheaval and even a memorable portrait of the country's last newspaper hawker. From Paris, he turned his gaze often to the world, reporting from the Central African Republic, the Middle East, Ukraine, India and Russia, marrying historical sweep to personal stories of wider resonance.

Roger was part of Times reporting teams that received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award for coverage of the war in Ukraine, a 2024 George Polk Award for reporting on the war between Israel and Hamas, and a 2024 Overseas Press Club Award for coverage of Russia. As a columnist, he won the Society of Publishers in Asia prize for opinion writing twice in successive years for a series on Australian mistreatment of refugees, and for an essay on the Rohingya crisis in Burma.

In recognition of his four decades of work, the French Republic bestowed upon him in 2021 the Légion d'Honneur - France's highest order of merit.

Prior to The Times, Roger worked at Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. Roger is also the author of five books, including the family memoir, " The Girl From Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family, " and the recent work of reflection " An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics ." His experience of the wars of Yugoslavia's destruction led to "Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo."

Please take this moment to congratulate our esteemed colleague.

- Phil and Jake