Elisabeth bumiller as washington bureau chief ny

American journalist and writer

Elisabeth Bumiller (born May 15, 1956)^[1] is an American author and journalist who served as the Washington bureau chief for The New York Times from September 2015 until November 2024.^[2]

Early life and education

Bumiller was born in Aalborg, Denmark, to a Danish mother, Gunhild Bumiller Rose and an American father, Theodore R.

Bumiller.^[3][4][5] Her mother was a nurse and her father an adventure-film photographer and producer.^[4] The family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when she was three years old.^[3] Bumiller attended Walnut Hills High School, where she reported for the school newspaper, the Walnut Hills Chatterbox.^[3] She graduated in 1974.^[6]

Bumiller then attended Northwestern University as an undergraduate in the Medill School of Journalism, graduating in 1977.^[3] She wrote for the Daily Northwestern.^[3]