James C. McKinley

Reporter @The New York Times

New York, NY, US

The New York Times New York, New York — 1986-PresentFor more than a quarter century I have worked as a reporter, national correspondent and foreign correspondent for one of the nation’s most respected newspapers. I have covered everything from Albany politics to African civil wars. In New York, my experience spans sports, pop music, state politics, crime, city government and the courts. Outside the city I served as the Times bureau chief in Nairobi, Mexico City and Houston.AccomplishmentsNairobi Bureau Chief, 1996 to Covered the fall of Mobutu and the bombings of U.S. Embassies. Albany Bureau, to 2004. Covered the Pataki administration, the budget and dysfunction in the state legislature. Mexico City Bureau, 2004 to 2008. Covered the election of President Felipe Calderon and his government’s war against drug cartels. Houston Bureau Chief, 2009 to 2012. Covered the Fort Hood shootings, Hurricane Ike and the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf.

Cornell University

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature