Stephanie Nolen

Stephanie Nolen is the global health reporter for The Times. She has reported from more than 80 countries around the world.

Her work focuses on health equity, drug access, efforts to end poverty, and social inclusion. Her best-selling book 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa has been published in 11 countries and seven languages.

She is an eight-time winner of Canada’s National Newspaper Award. She has been recognized for coverage of Africa’s AIDS pandemic; public health across the developing world; conflicts in Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, the DR Congo and the Brazilian Amazon; and the perils faced by migrant children in Central America. Nolen won the Amnesty International Media Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018, and most recently in 2020 for an investigation into disappearances and mass graves in Mexico. 28 won the 2007 PEN ‘Courage’ Award, while her multimedia project on caste and gender discrimination in India won the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism presented to the top foreign correspondent covering India. She is a three-time winner of the National Magazine Award for feature writing.

Before joining the Times. Nolen spent 21 years reporting for The Globe and Mail and served as bureau chief in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. She also covered development issues and conflicts including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Previously she was based in the Middle East and wrote for publications including Newsweek and The Independent of London.

She is also the author of Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race (2002); Shakespeare’s Face (2002); and Out of India (2013). A native of Montreal, Nolen holds a Bachelor of Journalism (Hons) from the University of King’s College in Halifax and a Master of Science in development economics from the London School of Economics in England. She was conferred honorary Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of King’s College, the University of Victoria, Guelph University and the University of Calgary. She speaks Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic.