Andrew Kramer (also known as Andrew E. Kramer) is an American journalist who lived in Russia for more than 15 years and worked at the Moscow bureau of NYT.[2] Since July 2022 he is a Head of The New York Times bureau in Kyiv.[3]
Early life
Born in Oakland, California, USA. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in history.[4] He received a master's degree in history from Oxford University.[1]
Career
He worked for the Associated Press in Portland, Oregon, and New York, as a researcher and news assistant for The Washington Post, and as a freelance reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. In the summer of 1995, he worked for the Ukiah Daily Journal in Ukiah, California.[1][5][6] In 2005, he joined The New York Times (NYT) as a correspondent for Business Day. Covered Iraq from 2007 to 2011. He lived and worked in Russia for more than 15 years. Worked at the NYT bureau in Moscow.
In 2017, a team of NYT journalists won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for a series of articles that included Cramer's article, "How Russia Hired Elite Hackers for Its Cyber War".[1]
On July 22, 2022, it was announced that Kramer became the first NYT bureau chief in Ukraine.[5]
Criticism
Some Ukrainian civil society figures accuse Kramer of pro-Russian views in his articles.[3][7] He was also accused of viewing Ukraine through a colonial lense.[8]
During 2020–2021, Kramer devoted a series of publications to the topic of fighting the coronavirus, and was accused by some Ukrainian media of becoming a participant in the Russian propaganda campaign to popularize the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.[9][8] Kramer wrote positively about the effectiveness of Russian medicines in the fight against the coronavirus and published a report on his own Sputnik V vaccination.[10][11]
Accusations of plagiarism
After Kramer received the Pulitzer Prize, Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov accused Kramer of plagiarism, saying that he used material from two reports by Meduza journalist Daniil Turovsky in his article, but did not provide both links.[12][13][14] Kramer ignored Kolpakov's comment. Journalist Oleg Kashin reacted to this by saying that if Kramer had received an award for retelling materials from First World publications, it would have caused a "huge scandal".[15]
Personal life
He is married to Russian journalist Anna Nemtsova. She has no relation to the killed russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Andrew E. Kramer – The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ ""We Write About the Ukrainians' Willingness to Break Away from Russia": Chief of the Ukrainian NYT Bureau on Work during the War". Bird in Flight. 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ a b c foccusser (2022-07-25). "What will the pro-Russian journalist Andrew Kramer do in Ukraine?". Ukraine Today .org. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Zain, Haneen. "Alumnus covers breaking news in Ukraine". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ a b "Andrew Kramer Named Ukraine Bureau Chief". The New York Times Company. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Tressel, Ashley (2017-04-20). "Ukiah native wins Pulitzer for reporting on Russian cyberwarfare". The Ukiah Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Зубченко, Ярослав (2022-08-01). "Civil war and nationalists. Things Andrew Kramer has been writing about Ukraine". detector.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ a b "NYT misses chance to do better in Ukraine". The Fix. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Журналист The New York Times привился российской вакциной «Спутник V»". РБК (in Russian). 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E. (2021-01-08). "Why I Got the Russian Vaccine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Журналист Nеw York Times привился "Спутником V"". Российская газета (in Russian). 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "«Медуза» обвинила The New York Times в плагиате". The Village (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "TJ". tjournal.ru. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Пулитцер за "разоблачение хищничества режима Путина". New York Times и российские СМИ поспорили об авторстве расследования". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Репортёр New York Times получил Пулитцеровскую премию, но «Медуза» обвинила его в плагиате. Что происходит". medialeaks.ru (in Russian). 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2023-11-05.