Elisabeth Bumiller bio

1. Name: Elisabeth Bumiller
2. Title: Pentagon Reporter for the New York Times
3. Biography:

Elisabeth Bumiller began her job as White House Correspondent for The New York Times on Sep. 10, 2001. In the aftermath of the Sep. 11, 2001, attacks, she reported on Washington politics and covered the Bush Administration through 2006.

Bumiller began her journalism career as a style reporter for The Washington Post, and transitioned into political writing as a foreign correspondent when she moved to New Delhi then Tokyo. In 1995 she began working for The New York Times.

In 2007, Bumiller wrote a biography of former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. She is now the Pentagon Reporter for The New York Times.

4. Involvement/ Affiliations:
  • Pentagon Reporter, The New York Times, 2008-present
  • Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center, 2006-2007
  • Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2007
  • White House Correspondent, The New York Times, 2001-2006
  • City Hall Bureau Chief, The New York Times, 1999-2001
  • Metro Reporter, The New York Times, 1995-1999
  • Style Reporter and Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post, 1979-1995
5. Education:
  • M.A., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1979
  • B.A., Journalism, Northwestern University, 1977
6. Published Works:
  • Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, 2009
  • The Secrets of Mariko, 1996
  • May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons, 1991
7. Contact info: Elisabeth Bumiller, Pentagon Reporter
New York Times
Phone: (212) 556-1234