Katie Benner

I am a correspondent for The New York Times, writing primarily about large institutions that shape American life.

What I Cover

I’m interested in how nongovernmental organizations affect the lives of families, workers and voters. By focusing on practical consequences, I hope that we can better understand America’s changing attitudes toward authority and declining trust in institutions. I’ve written extensively about the legal system, civil rights, national security, technology and financial institutions, expertise that has given me a broad look at how power can influence the lives of ordinary people.

My Background

I moved to Washington to cover the Justice Department under former President Donald Trump. I wrote about how the department both supported the Trump administration’s political agenda and pushed back on the former president’s efforts to use the department’s powers to advance his personal agenda, including several scoops on Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election.

I also wrote investigative stories about the violent sexual assault of a security guard at a Department of Energy nuclear site and sexual harassment within the Justice Department. With other reporters, I wrote stories about the musician FKA Twigs and her fight against domestic abuse, and a Louisiana school that exploited the worst stereotypes of Black people to get students into Ivy League schools.

Before coming to Washington, I covered Apple, venture capital and startups in San Francisco. I wrote about gender discrimination and harassment by venture capitalists and executives at Google. I was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on workplace sexual harassment.

I have reported on banks, hedge funds, private equity firms and markets for CNN, Fortune and other publications. I am an MSNBC contributor and I have discussed my work on NPR’s Fresh Air, PBS NewsHour, CBS This Morning, CNN and the BBC. I graduated from Bowdoin College. I did not go to journalism school.

Journalistic Ethics

As a Times journalist, I am committed to upholding the standards of integrity in our Ethical Journalism Handbook, the most important of which are fairness and accuracy. I follow facts. I protect my sources. I give the people in my stories the chance to respond before I publish. I make every effort to understand the issues that I cover from multiple angles. I do not accept gifts, money or favors from anyone I report on. I do not participate in politics, nor do I make political donations. When I am working, I always identify myself as a reporter for The Times.

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