Charlie is currently reporting from the Middle East. Prior to this, the bulk of her portfolio consisted of coverage across Afghanistan. Charlie was among the handful of journalists who remained on the ground as the Islamic Republic government collapsed and the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, where she had been living at that time. She was based in Afghanistan for two years until November 2022. Charlie relocated to Pakistan at the start of 2023, where she secured exclusive interviews with former prime minister Imran Khan while covering the political and economic crisis that has gripped the country. She has also covered the war in Ukraine.
Charlie has also been based in Jordan and Turkey. She has covered the migrant crisis in Greece, the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and has reported from Northern Iraq.
Her current work focuses on conflict, politics, migration, climate change, economics, human rights, women’s rights and culture. Her bylines include The Times, VICE, TIME Magazine, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera, The National, El Pais and Der Freitag. She has had video packages published by SBS World News and Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, as well as writing and recording podcast pieces for BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent. She speaks conversational Turkish and Arabic.
Following an NCTJ-certified Journalism degree in the UK, she covered local news in Slough for two years before progressing to the role of news editor at a national, business-focussed magazine in London.
Charlie Faulkner 