Erica L. Green

Erica L Green
Alma materGoucher College
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe New York Times
Known forEducation reporting, investigative reporting
AwardsPulitzer Prize finalist (2016)

Education Writers Association Beat Reporting (2018)

Library Journal Best Social Sciences Books (2020)

Education Writers Association Moskowitz Prize (2021)

Erica L. Green is an American journalist, currently a White House correspondent for The New York Times.[1] Prior to joining The Times, Green was part of a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist team at The Baltimore Sun, nominated for its breaking news coverage of the 2015 killing of Freddie Grey.[2]

Green joined the Washington bureau of The New York Times in 2017, and became a White House correspondent in 2023.[3][1][4]

Early life and education

Green graduated from Goucher College in 2007.[5] She lives in Maryland.[2]

Career

Green covered education at The Baltimore Sun,[3][6] and was on a team that was a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist for breaking news coverage of the 2015 killing of Freddie Grey.[7]

Green then moved to Washington bureau of The New York Times, covering education and domestic policy.

Green won a 2018 Education Writers Association Beat Reporting (Large) Staff Award for her investigative reporting, with Katie Benner, exposing academic fraud and child abuse at the T.M. Landry College Preparatory Academy in Louisiana.[8]

In 2023, she became a White House correspondent for The Times.[4][3] .

Green's work has also appeared in ProPublica.[9]

With Wes Moore, Green co-authored the book Five Days: The Fiery Recokning of an American City, about the uprising in Baltimore following the killing of Freddie Grey. The book was among the Library Journal's best books of 2020.[10] It was also a runner-up for the Porchlight Business Book Awards in the Narrative and Biography category.[11]

With Katie Benner, Green co-authored the book Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises, published in 2026 by Macmillan Publishers.[12][13] The book is based on their 2018 investigative exposé of the T.M. Landry College Preparatory Academy in Louisiana,[14] told in the larger context of both historic and contemporary discrimination against Black children in the U.S. educational system. The school's founders were forging university applications in order to maintain the school's renown for a high acceptance rate to elite universities, as well as physically and emotionally abusing students. In the process, the school also defrauded the parents paying tuition to the school, and failed the students academically.[15][16]

Green is on the boards of the Education Writers Association[17] and the Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship at Columbia University.[1] She is represented by the AAE Speakers Bureau.[18]

Recognition

  • 2016 finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting, as part of a Baltimore Sun team covering the killing of Freddie Grey[7]
  • 2018 Education Writers Association Beat Reporting (Large) Staff for reporting on T.M. Landry Academy[8]
  • 2020 Library Journal Best Social Sciences Books for Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City[10]
  • 2021 Education Writers Association Ronald Moskowitz Prize for Outstanding Beat Reporting[19]

Works

  • Moore, Wes; Green, Erica L. (2020). Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City. New York: One World/Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-525-51236-3.[7]
  • Benner, Katie; Green, Erica L. (2026-01-13). Miracle Children. Metropolitan Books. ISBN 978-1-250-75910-8.[20][12][21]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bumiller, Elisabeth; Times, Elizabeth Kennedy | The New York (2023-11-03). "The New York Times announces new role for Erica Green". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  2. ^ a b "Erica L. Green". New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  3. ^ a b c "New Role for Erica Green". The New York Times Company. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  4. ^ a b "Erica L. Green". The New York Times. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  5. ^ "Erica L. Green '07 co-authors The New York Times feature, 'A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls'". Goucher College. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  6. ^ Green, Erica L. (2018-07-13). "Erica L. Green". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  7. ^ a b c "Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning Of An American City". Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  8. ^ a b "2018 Beat Reporting (Large Staff) Winner". ewa.org. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  9. ^ "Erica L. Green". ProPublica. 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  10. ^ a b Sendaula, Mattie Cook, Rebekah Kati, Stephanie. "Best Social Sciences Books of 2020". Library Journal. Retrieved 2026-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "2020 Winners - Business Book Awards | Porchlight". Porchlight Book Company. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  12. ^ a b Carey, Kevin (2026-01-13). "Book Review: 'Miracle Children,' by Katie Benner and Erica L. Green". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  13. ^ Gold, Alexa (2026-01-20). "'Miracle Children' explores admissions scandal that exposed inequalities in education". PBS News. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  14. ^ Green, Erica L.; Benner, Katie; Flanagan, Annie (2018-11-30). "Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here's the Reality". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  15. ^ Ramirez, Alejandro (2026-01-13). "Book review of Miracle Children by Erica L. Green and Katie Benner". BookPage | Discover your next great book!. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  16. ^ America, Kevin CareyKevin Carey directs the education policy program at New; Washington, a nonpartisan think tank in; D.C. (2026-01-13). "The Lie That Elite Colleges, and a Nation, Wanted to Believe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-02-22. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ "Erica Green". Spencer Fellows – The Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship. 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  18. ^ "Erica L. Green Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements". www.allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  19. ^ "EWA Announces 2021 Winner of the Ronald Moskowitz Prize for Outstanding Beat Reporting". ewa.org. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  20. ^ Colucci, Emily (2025-10-17). "'Black Children Don't Have to Be Broken to Be Valuable': PW Talks with Katie Benner and Erica L. Green". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  21. ^ Keen, Andrew (2026-01-05). "The School of Misery: The Children of a Manufactured Miracle". Substack. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
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