Carson Kessler

Carson Kessler is an investigative journalist based in New York City. She is currently the 2023-2024 investigations fellow at The New York Times. Kessler holds a B.A. in English and Journalism from New York University, as well as a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University.

She has covered business, health, and technology for ProPublica, THE CITY, Fortune, VICE, Marie Claire, and Our Town NY.

No story is off limits for Kessler. She’s shadowed a crime scene cleaner, chronicled the struggles of an all-female volunteer ambulance corps in the Orthodox community, and even spent a night in an internet cafe to share the transient experience of Brooklyn’s Chinese immigrants.

Kessler was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, so it follows suit that she is an avid Spurs fan and a bit of aTex-Mex snob.