Patrick Kingsley (born June 1989) is a British journalist who is an international correspondent for ''

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,'' based in Berlin. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for ''

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''.

Early life and education

Kingsley was born in London in June 1989. He graduated with a first in English Literature from the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

, and a journalism diploma from the

National Council for the Training of Journalists The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) was founded in 1951 as organisation to oversee the training of journalists for the newspaper industry in the United Kingdom and is now playing a role in the wider media. It is a self-ap ...

Career

Kingsley joined ''The Guardian'' in 2010. He was appointed the paper’s first-ever migration correspondent in 2015. He was named foreign affairs journalist of the year at the 2015 British Journalism Awards for his coverage of the European refugee crisis. Based on his work in the field, he authored 'The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis', which was published in 2016 by Guardian Faber. Kingsley joined ''The New York Times'' as Istanbul bureau chief in 2017 until he was made an international correspondent based out of Berlin. According to his online biography, Kingsley speaks Arabic and is studying Hebrew.

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