Anton Troianovski

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Troianovski.

Anton Sergeyevich Troianovski (Russian: Антон Сергеевич Трояновский; born 30 May 1985) is a Soviet-born American journalist. He is the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times and the former Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post.

Anton Troianovski
Troianovski's interview on US/Russia
Антон Трояновский
Born	30 May 1985  Moscow (Soviet Union)
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Journalist, correspondent
Employer	The New York Times (2019–)
Awards	Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (2020)

Early life

Anton Troianovski was born on 30 May 1985 in Moscow, Soviet Union, into a family of biologists.^[1][2][3] His father is Sergey Markovich Troianovski, son of the Soviet film director and cameraman Mark Troianovski [ru; uk].^[1] In 1990, Troianovski's family moved to Heidelberg, Germany,^[4] and in 1994 they moved to the United States.^[2]

Career

His career began as a photographer for the Webster-Kirkwood Times and the Suburban Journals group in Missouri, US.^[5] In June 2008, he graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in social studies.^[6][7] While at university, he was Associate Managing Editor of The Harvard Crimson newspaper.^[8] In 2007, Troianovski received a travel grant from the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies for his topic "The New Generation of Russian Journalists after the Fall of Communism".^[9] He was an intern at The New Republic, Associated Press and The Washington Post.^[10][11][12]

Since 2008, he has worked for The Wall Street Journal, where he covered topics related to real estate, telecommunications and the economy in Washington and New York City.^[11] From 2013 to 2017 he worked as a correspondent in Berlin, Germany.^[5]

From January 2018 to July 2019, he worked as the Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post.^[2][7] Troianovski was part of The Post's 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning team for its climate change reporting series.^[13]

On 27 June 2019, he joined The New York Times, where he has been the Moscow bureau chief since January 2021. He was one of the first foreign journalists who covered the events during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.^[13][14][15]

References

1. "Марк Трояновский" [Mark Troianovski]. csdfmuseum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. Pivovarov, Alexey; Dzyadko, Tikhon (4 December 2018). [Washington Post Moscow Bureau Chief: "There are people in Russia who think we are agents of the State Department"]. RTVI (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
3. Yakovleva, Aitalina (12 July 2019). "Журналист «The Washington Post» о Якутии" [The Washington Post journalist about Yakutia]. sakhalife.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
4. Troianovski, Anton (16 October 2011). "Burns Fellowship 2011 Report" (PDF). International Center for Journalists.
5. "Anton Troianovski". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
6. "Graduates Weigh In: What Is the Value of a Humanities Degree?". The Wall Street Journal. 19 June 2013. ISSN 0099-9660. from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
7. "Anton Troianovski". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
8. "Anton S. Troianovski". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
9. "Davis Center announces award winners". The Harvard Gazette. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
10. "A War Of Ideas". The New Republic. 29 October 2007. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
11. "Anton Troianovski". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
12. "Anton Troianovski named The Washington Post's Moscow Bureau Chief". The Washington Post. 1 November 2017. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
13. "Two New Bureau Chiefs for International". The New York Times Company. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
14. Slackman, Michael (27 June 2019). "Anton Troianovski Joins The Times as Moscow Correspondent". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
15. "Դաժան պատերազմի առաջնագծում. Լեռնային Ղարաբաղը The New York Times-ի լրագրողի աչքերով" [On the front lines of a brutal war: Nagorno-Karabakh through the eyes of a correspondent for The New York Times]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 18 October 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.