Christopher Lord is Middle East Editor for The New York Times, based in London.
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Chris is an editor in The New York Times’s growing London newsroom. He works with a team of reporters, editors and bureaux across the Middle East to deliver coverage of one of the world’s biggest stories.
Prior to joining the Times, Chris was the Executive Editor at Monocle, and led projects across print, online and audio covering world affairs and business. Previously a news editor and producer for the BBC, Chris has also written longform pieces for The Guardian, The Times of London, The Spectator and Artforum, among others, and began his career as a reporter in the Middle East.
For the BBC, he’s edited its flagship news and current affairs show, The TODAY Programme, which reaches six million listeners every week, and produced the five-part documentary series Happy Birthday, China? for BBC Radio 4, marking 70 years of the People’s Republic.
In 2022, Chris’s first book, The Men Who Would Be King, co-authored with the British photographer Jon Tonks, was published. It has been reviewed internationally, with coverage in Le Monde, Die Zeit, The Times and The Guardian. Available here.
Christopher Lord has been a journalist since 2008.
Originally from Manchester, England, he has reported from over 40 countries and prior to moving to the US in 2021 was based in London, Istanbul, Accra and Dubai.
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