Andrea Bernstein

An award-winning journalist constantly in demand for her comprehensive coverage of Trump and the future of democracy, Andrea Bernstein is the New York Times bestselling author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power.

Bernstein most recently reported and co-hosted with Ilya Marritz the acclaimed podcast “Will Be Wild,” an eight-part audio-documentary about the January 6 Capitol riot, which reached the #1 spot on Apple Podcasts, #3 on The New Yorker’s Top Ten Podcasts list, and which is bring featured in a Pushkin audiobook of the best narrative audio of 2022. She and Marritz previously co-hosted “Trump, Inc.”, a collaboration between ProPublica and WNYC Studios. The podcast was recognized with a duPont-Columbia Award, the Public Radio News Director Award for Best Collaboration, and was a finalist for the National Magazine and Loeb awards.  

Bernstein’s work has led to multiple investigations, indictments, convictions, and government reforms. She is currently a member of the ProPublica team that covers threats to democracy. A 25-year veteran of public radio, Bernstein also contributes reporting to NPR on Trump legal matters and is a frequent guest on PBS NewsHour. She has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, and New York Magazine. 

Bernstein was the Jack Newfield Professor of Investigative Journalism at Hunter College, taught reporting and writing at City College of New York, and has spoken widely to audiences around the country. In 2008, she traveled to Bhutan to teach journalists how to cover political campaigns as the nation transitioned from monarchy to democracy. Her mentorship of young journalists is one of her proudest accomplishments.