Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Zolan Kanno-Youngs is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. who is a White House correspondent for The New York Times. He was previously a criminal justice reporter for The Wall Street Journal.[1]

Zolan Kanno-Youngs
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNortheastern University
OccupationJournalist
Years active2012–present
EmployerThe New York Times

Early life and education

Raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kanno-Youngs attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He graduated from Northeastern University in 2016.[2]

Career

Kanno-Youngs started his career as an intern and sports reporter at several outlets in 2012 including The Boston Globe and USA Today. He became a reporter covering law enforcement in the New York area for The Wall Street Journal in 2015.

Kanno-Youngs covered the Department of Homeland Security for The New York Times from February 2019 until October 2022, as one of the newspaper's lead writers on immigration at the U.S. southern border with Mexico and the Trump administration.[1][3] He was appointed White House correspondent in March 2021.[1] He has made appearances on MSNBC and CTV News.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Zolan Kanno-Youngs". The New York Times. April 3, 2023. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  2. "Zolan Kanno-Youngs". LinkedIn. April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. "Zolan Kanno-Youngs Joining Washington Bureau". The New York Times Company. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  4. "Why DHS leadership changes are a 'game of musical chairs'". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  5. El Chapo Zolan Kanno-Youngs, retrieved 2019-08-06
  6. "Border facility staff blame officials for bad conditions: reports". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2019-08-06.


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