David D. Kirkpatrick (born 1970) is an American, London-based international correspondent for ''

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''. From 2011 through 2015, he served as its

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bureau chief and a Middle East correspondent. He has received three Pulitzer Prizes as part of various teams at ''The New York Times''.

Early life and education

Kirkpatrick was born in 1970 in Buffalo, New York. He earned a

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degree in history and American studies at

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, graduating ''magna cum laude'', and attended the graduate program in American studies at

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Professional career

He started in the media group at ''The New York Times'' in June 2000. During the United States presidential election of 2004, he was assigned to create a "conservative beat" for ''The New York Times'', with a special focus on religious conservatives. The assignment raised eyebrows among some on the right because of the newspaper's liberal reputation and editorials. In addition to the Washington, National, and Media desks of the Times, he has written for ''The New York Times Magazine'' as well as '' New York'' magazine. This included a series exposing plagiarism in non-fiction writing. On December 28, 2013, Kirkpatrick published a detailed account of the 2012 Benghazi attack titled "A Deadly Mix in Benghazi". Based on extensive interviews with Libyan witnesses and American officials, the article concluded that the attack began as neither a spontaneous protest nor an Al Qaeda plot. It was a planned attack carried out by local Islamist militants, and it was inspired in part by an American-made online video ridiculing Islam. Kirkpatrick was denied entry into Egypt on February 18, 2019, and sent back to London the following day after Egyptian authorities held him for hours at Cairo International Airport. He was part of a ''The New York Times'' team that received the 2020

Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic R ...

. In 2021 he was part of the team that received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. In 2022 he was part of another team at ''The New York Times'' that received the

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

''Into the Hands of Soldiers''

Kirkpatrick's book, ''Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and the Middle East'', ( Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018,) narrates the author's notes on how and why the Arab Spring sparked, then failed, focusing on America's role in that failure and the subsequent military coup that put Sisi in powe

The Economist and the Financial Times both named it one of the best books published in 2018.

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