Anton Troianovski Joins Washington Bureau

Gaza. China. Ukraine. Venezuela. Trade wars, migration, rare earths and AI. The global stage in the Trump era is busier and more complicated than ever, and we want to do more than ever to help our audiences track and understand America's changing place in the world.

Cue Anton Troianovski. We're thrilled to announce that Anton, our Moscow bureau chief, is joining the Washington bureau to bolster our already formidable foreign policy and national security teams.

Anton will be working alongside David Sanger under the direction of Elizabeth Kennedy. And he will collaborate closely with diplomatic and military teams edited by Tiffany Harness.

" It's easy to extol Anton's journalistic talent," said Adrienne Carter, who as Europe editor has overseen Anton for the past several years. "His deep sourcing, his astute analysis, his in-depth understanding, especially in opaque worlds. But what makes him truly unique is his compassion as a reporter, as a colleague, as a leader."

Anton brings with him a wealth of experience. He spent nine years at The Wall Street Journal, first covering commercial real estate and telecommunications in New York before moving to Berlin to cover Germany. He then spent a year and a half as Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, where his reporting on Siberia's thawing permafrost was part of the package honored with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.

He joined The Times as a Moscow correspondent in 2019, became bureau chief in 2021 and was in Moscow when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. When it became impossible for The Times to operate safely in Moscow, he managed the relocation of the reporting team in Russia, first to Istanbul and then to Berlin.

Covering Russia from abroad for more than three years, he worked to understand Putin's opaque rule and his motivations for waging war. He was part of the reporting team awarded a Pulitzer Prize and Polk Award in 2023 for coverage of the Ukraine war, and of the team that won an Overseas Press Club award in 2024 for coverage of Russia.

Anton was born in Moscow and left for Germany with his family when he was 4 years old. He grew up in Heidelberg, Germany, and in St. Louis, before going on to study at Harvard.

Those of you who have worked with Anton know that he's collegial, energetic, thoughtful and tenacious. Bringing him on board in Washington is more evidence of our determination to meet this historic moment with the very best journalists in the business. Please welcome him when he starts his new role next week.

- Dick Stevenson