Steve Hendrix named The Washington Post’s London bureau chief

In moving to London as bureau chief, Steve will succeed the remarkable William Booth, who has chronicled Britain’s joys and travails since 2017 with grace, humor and an inimitable style through Brexit, multiple elections, a succession of prime ministers, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, and the coronation, in King Charles III, of a successor who had waited 70 years to claim the throne.

Bill has operated at the top of his game through multiple tours as an international correspondent that began with long stints in Mexico City and Jerusalem. In his next chapter, he will remain in London but will shift his sights to covering Europe as a correspondent with wide-ranging duties.

Steve will inherit the responsibility for tracking Britain’s special relationship with Washington — one that will face new pressure under a new Labour Prime Minister and Donald Trump’s return to power. Steve will also play close attention to Britain’s efforts to tame the continued economic fallout of Brexit, while also tackling stories in priority coverage areas such as foreign policy, national security, climate and technology, often in partnership with correspondents across Europe.

Steve will work in close collaboration with Karla Adam, our outstanding London-based correspondent whose knowledge and sourcing has made her essential to reporting on the U.K. since she joined The Post nearly two decades ago. Steve and Karla will work in tandem with The Post’s breaking-news hub in London, which covers major news wherever it happens around the world.

Steve is a graduate of the University of Georgia, with a master’s from American University. He joined The Post in 2000 as a staff writer on the Travel desk and later excelled as a reporter for Local’s acclaimed enterprise team, while also writing for National, Style, the Magazine and Book World.