Patrick Boehler is the founder of Gazzetta, a Tallinn and New York-based research firm supporting media and technology companies in advancing internet freedom globally.

He previously led Radio Free Europe's digital transformation, establishing its audience research, marketing, and product departments, along with its journalism academy and Innovation Lab.

His experience spans executive newsroom roles, award-winning reporting for The New York Times and South China Morning Post, co-founding the Environmental Reporting Collective, and teaching at the University of Hong Kong. Boehler holds a doctorate in political science and was a 2023 Sulzberger Executive Leadership Fellow at Columbia University.

He holds a doctorate in political science and taught reporting on China at the University of Hong Kong, and served as an Austrian diplomat to China.

His reporting on China and Southeast Asia has been recognized with some of Asia's most prestigious journalism awards.  

Patrick Boehler

Basic information

Name
Patrick Boehler
Title
Civic media
Expertise
Environmental and climate issues, engaged and community journalism, planning and rollouts
Country
United States
City
New York City

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Border on Hold: Life, Traffic, and Tensions Along the Serbia–Croatia Crossing

  • Transport

BANOVCI / KUKUJEVCI - This cross-border investigative project highlights the serious impact of heavy truck traffic on communities along the border.