Rachel Pannett
Sydney
Rachel Pannett writes about global news for The Washington Post.
Education: Massey University, BA in Social Anthropology and Journalism
Rachel Pannett started as a journalist in her home country New Zealand, and has reported from around the world including Europe, North America and across the Asia-Pacific.
She has covered wildfires and terrorist attacks, elections and political upheavals, and traced the journeys of Myanmar Rohingya refugees and Afghan migrants seeking a better life abroad.
On a less-serious note, she has also written about beer-can boat races, Elvis impersonators in the Outback and Australia's 'Route 66'.
She joined the Post's foreign desk in 2021 after more than a decade with The Wall Street Journal, where s
