Matina Stevis
Matina Stevis
International Correspodent

Hello.

Thanks for stopping by. I’m the New York Times Canada bureau chief. I started this role in the summer of 2024 after serving as The Times Brussels bureau chief, covering the European Union, for five years.

All my work for The Times lives here.

I moved to the Times after eight years at the Wall Street Journal, where I was East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, and previously Europe correspondent. You can find my work for WSJ here.

On this microsite you’ll find a little more about my background and work.

Bio.

I was born and raised in Athens, Greece, and I’ve worked as a journalist for 15 years in Europe, Africa and North America.

I live in Toronto with my husband, journalist and author Ilya Gridneff, our son Nikolai, our daughter Aliki, and our two labradors, Rupert and Scoop.

 

Education

Athens College (Grad. 2002)

International Baccalaureate Summa Cum Laude; Valedictorian

The Queen’s College, Oxford University (2002-2005)

BA/MA Oxon Modern History and Politics, with distinction

The London School of Economics & Political Science (2009-2011)

Masters in Public Administration (MPA) Public Policy & Management, with distinction

Skills & Languages

Greek (native)

English (native)

German (intermediate)

Work

The Wall Street Journal (2015-2019)

Africa Correspondent, Nairobi, Kenya

The Wall Street Journal (2011-2015)

European Union correspondent, Brussels, Belgium

The Economist, Marjorie Deane Fellow, London, U.K. (2010-2011)

Reporter

Eleftherotypia, Athens, Greece (2009-2011)

London correspondent

The Guardian, London, U.K. (2009-2011)

Freelance opinion writer on Greece and European Union affairs

City Press & Free Sunday newspapers, Athens, Greece (2005-2009)

Reporter, features, editor, editor in chief.

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