Katie Benner — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as part of a New York Times collection.
National Investigative Correspondent at The New York Times, covering the U.S. Department of Justice.
Previously reported on financial markets, hedge funds, private equity, and technology for Fortune, Bloomberg, and CNN Money.
Trustee of Bowdoin College.
Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1999 with an English major.

Biography

Katie Benner is an American reporter and National Investigative Correspondent for The New York Times, where she primarily covers the United States Department of Justice. She joined the Washington bureau in 2017 to focus on the Justice Department, after initially being hired in 2015 as a technology reporter and Apple beat reporter.

Benner's journalistic career began after graduating from Bowdoin College in 1999, when she moved to Beijing and freelanced for the Beijing Review. Her U.S.