FDD sponsors educational opportunities for mid-career U.S. national security professionals. Alumni of these
programs are not FDD employees and join FDD’s National Security Network (NSN).
National Security Network Participant
FDD's Media Fellow
2024
2024
National Security Network Participant
Joel Gehrke
Washington Examiner
Biography
Last updated: Feb 29, 2024
Joel Gehrke is a foreign affairs reporter with the Washington Examiner, with an emphasis on U.S. competition with Russia and China, Middle East diplomatic and security trends, and the war in Ukraine. He has traveled with the secretary of state and independently to report from across Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Indo-Pacific. He also covered domestic politics for National Review, following a previous stint at the Washington Examiner. He has a degree in English from Hillsdale College.