WSJ hires Bergengruen as DC reporter

Wall Street Journal Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta sent out the following on Thursday:

Please welcome Vera Bergengruen, a veteran and decorated reporter who we are thrilled is joining our fantastic national security team.

Vera joins the WSJ from TIME Magazine, where she was a roving senior correspondent covering the intersection of national security, tech, and politics (also known as the chaos beat). There she reported across the country and abroad, from Ukraine to El Salvador, including profiles of world leaders, tracking down insurrectionists in rural Alabama, exposing the lucrative world of white nationalist streamers, influence operations, and foreign and domestic terrorist recruitment.

Previously she was a national security and investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News, where she covered the Pentagon and chased Russian spies from South Dakota to Ecuador. She began her journalism career at her hometown Miami Herald and its parent company McClatchy, where she did stints covering everything from hurricanes to Congress, DOD, and the White House. She was also part of the team that worked on the Pulitzer-winning Panama Papers investigation.

She starts on Monday, and we are so thrilled to have her on board! Please extend her your warmest bureau welcome when she arrives.

Thanks!