WILLIAMSBURG — William & Mary announced award-winning journalist and author David E. Sanger will visit the university next month after being named its 2025 Hunter B. Andrews Fellow.
Sanger is the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, covering the Trump administration and foreign policy.
According to the university, the Andrews Fellowship is named after Hunter B. Andrews, an alumnus who served as a Virginia state senator for more than three decades, including many years as majority leader and chair of the finance committee.
The university said Sanger will visit Nov. 10-11, with a public conversation moderated by George and Mary Hylton Professor of International Relations and Director of the Global Research Institute Mike Tierney scheduled for the evening of Monday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Tucker Hall, Room 127. Those interested in attending can RSVP here.
Sanger will also visit classes while at William & Mary, meeting with students interested in journalism careers. William & Mary notes Democracy and Careers are among the core initiatives of its Vision 2026 strategic plan.
“The Andrews Fellowship is a prime example of William & Mary’s longstanding commitment to promoting civic leadership and democratic ideals,” said Ginger Ambler and Carrier Cooper, co-chairs of William & Mary’s Democracy Initiative. “Journalists play a vital role in our democracy, and Mr. Sanger is at the top of his field.”
Sanger has worked at The New York Times for more than four decades, making him one of the paper’s longest-serving correspondents. He has covered five presidents throughout his career.
Previously, Sanger served as a business correspondent, covering the early days of Silicon Valley, and a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in Japan for six years. He served on reporting teams that won three Pulitzer Prizes, including one that uncovered the causes of the Challenger disaster and, most recently, another that examined Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
Sanger has also written four books on national security. The Harvard College graduate co-teaches a course titled “Central Challenges in American National Security, Strategy and the Press” at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
A full list of previous Hunter Andrews Fellows may be found here.
