# Jim Tankersley

> Jim Tankersley is the New York Times Berlin bureau chief and a longtime economics journalist who spent 17 years dissecting Washington's tax fights and the fortunes of the American middle class. A small-town Oregon kid turned Stanford grad, he broke major scoops on the Biden economic agenda, won the Livingston Award, was part of a Pulitzer-finalist team, and wrote 'The Riches of This Land,' a narrative reckoning with what happened to the postwar middle-class dream. In 2025 he traded the West Wing for Germany.

- **Role:** Berlin Bureau Chief at The New York Times
- **Organizations:** The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox, National Journal, The Toledo Blade, Chicago Tribune, Rocky Mountain News, The Oregonian
- **From:** McMinnville, Oregon, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Political Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Livingston Award for Young Journalists for stories tracing the roots of Ohio's economic decline, Member of a Pulitzer Prize finalist team at The Toledo Blade, Author of 'The Riches of This Land' (2020), named one of NPR's best books of the year

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in political science; began reporting at The Oregonian
- **2003** — Joined the Rocky Mountain News in Denver
- **2005** — Reporter at The Toledo Blade, where he was part of a Pulitzer Prize finalist team
- **2007** — Chicago Tribune Media Group
- **2010** — Economics correspondent at National Journal
- **2014** — Economic policy correspondent at The Washington Post; later policy and politics editor at Vox
- **2017** — Joined The New York Times covering economic policy and taxes from the Washington bureau
- **2020** — Published 'The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of America's Middle Class'
- **2021** — Joined the Times White House team covering the Biden administration's economic agenda
- **2025** — Named Berlin Bureau Chief for The New York Times; relocated to Germany

## Achievements

- Livingston Award for Young Journalists for stories tracing the roots of Ohio's economic decline
- Member of a Pulitzer Prize finalist team at The Toledo Blade
- Author of 'The Riches of This Land' (2020), named one of NPR's best books of the year
- Broke the news of Biden's $3 trillion economic agenda ahead of the White House's planned announcement
- Obtained the president's first budget proposal a day before its public release
- Led a team exposing FedEx's failure to invest its tax-cut savings as promised

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Relocated to Germany to become The New York Times' Berlin bureau chief, shifting from U.S. economic policy to international coverage.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jimtankersley.com/
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/jim-tankersley-414a9371
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jimtankersley
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimtank

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