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Portrait of Chris Cameron

Chris Cameron

American politics is always a busy beat, and my job is to respond quickly to developments involving candidates, races and issues that are important to our readers. That could be about a candidate suddenly entering or exiting a key contest, a court filing in a political dispute or any other unexpected event about which readers and voters should be informed. I sometimes follow candidates on the campaign trail, covering their speeches and rallies and interviewing voters about their views and concerns. I help with live coverage of elections, debates, court hearings and other political events.

I joined The Times in 2019, starting as a news assistant in Washington. As a jack-of-all-trades reporting assistant, I helped cover almost every major story in the capital for nearly five years — beginning with the government shutdown in January 2019 and ending with the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. I traveled to Berlin in 2022 for an international reporting fellowship covering the war in Ukraine, as well as German-Chinese relations. I moved to the Politics desk in October 2023.

Before joining The Times, I worked for The Wall Street Journal in 2019 as an international reporting fellow in Hong Kong, covering the videogame industry in Asia.

I’m a native of Antigua & Barbuda and a graduate of the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University. I became a naturalized American in 2019 and was sworn in by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, now a justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Every journalist at The Times keeps to the same standards of fairness and accuracy outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I do not make political donations, nor do I campaign for causes or take part in political activity like rallies or petitions.

Transparency is important to success in this job. I always identify myself when reporting, including at events, and I explain the reporting process to anyone unfamiliar with it. When I travel to cover a candidate, The Times pays for my travel. I am open to criticism in good faith. If I make a mistake, I acknowledge and correct it in accordance with Times policy.

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    Obama Defends Biden: ‘Bad Debate Nights Happen’

    The former president faced a similar crisis of confidence in his re-election campaign after a bad debate performance in 2012, and he defended his former running mate in a social media post.

    By Chris Cameron

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