Ellen Nakashima covers intelligence and national security issues for The Washington Post. She has written about the security aspects of the U.S.-China relationship, the west’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and classified intelligence leaks. She has been a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Post, including in 2022 for an investigation of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, in 2018 for digging into Moscow’s efforts to influence the 2016 election, and in 2014 for exploring the hidden scope National Security Agency surveillance. She has been a White House correspondent, Southeast Asia bureau chief and co-authored a biography of Al Gore. She joined The Post in 1995.
Honors and Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, 2014; Gerald Loeb Award 2014, NSA stories; Society of American Business Editors and Writers enterprise award 2009, for the story “Banking Regulator Played Advocate over Enforcer”; Daily Californian Alumni Association Alumna of the Year, 2017; Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, 2018; Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2022 for an investigation of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
