Lydia Polgreen

Lydia Polgreen is an opinion columnist at The New York Times, where her writing covers human rights, migration, queer lives, and democracy around the world. From 2002 to 2016, Polgreen climbed the ranks as a reporter, bureau chief, and editor at The New York Times, reporting from West Africa, South Asia, and South Africa. She also served as the editorial director for The New York Times Global. Prior to re-joining The Times as a columnist, Polgreen served as the editor-in-chief of HuffPost and managing director of Gimlet, a Spotify digital media company. Polgreen has received numerous honors for her reporting, including the Livingston Award for Foreign Reporting, the Columbia University Medal for Excellence, and the George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting.