Stephanie Nolen is a journalist, author and public speaker.
She is the global health reporter for The New York Times. A veteran foreign correspondent who has reported from more than 80 countries around the world, she was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. She is an eight-time winner of Canada’s National Newspaper Award, a seven-time winner of the Amnesty International Media Award for her coverage, and an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is the author of 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa, which won the PEN Courage Prize, and of Shakespeare’s Face and Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race. She served as bureau chief for Canada’s Globe and Mail in South Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and she has a passion for building innovative, immersive digital storytelling projects. Stephanie is an experienced public speaker with a focus on public health, economic development and social inclusion.
Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly, Dakkar, Senegal, 2013.