Tankersley becomes Berlin bureau chief at NY Times

Jim Tankersley has been named Berlin bureau chief for the New York Times.

He has been based in its Washington bureau covering economic policy. Tankersley will move to Germany in early 2025.

He joined The Times in 2017 to cover taxes and economic policy in the Washington bureau. He then moved to the White House team at the start of the Biden administration. He pieced together President Biden’s entire $3 trillion economic agenda, breaking it long ahead of when the White House wanted. He got his hands on the president’s entire first budget proposal a day before anyone else.

He showed how Columbia Sportswear  was sidestepping tariffs, and he led a team of reporters that showed how delivery giant FedEx wasn’t actually investing its tax-cut windfall as its C.E.O. promised.

“Jim is one of the smartest and most versatile reporters at The Times and someone who exemplifies the best in beat reporting,” said Deborah Solomon, who oversees economics coverage in Washington. “He is also an incredible colleague and true team player.”

Tankersley is the author of “The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of America’s Middle Class.” He’s been living and reporting in D.C. for 17 years now, including for National Journal, The Washington Post and Vox.