Robyn Dixon

Robyn Dixon is a journalist and Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post.

Early life and career Dixon was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Since 1978, Dixon has worked as an editor for The Herald newspaper in Australia. From 1993, she worked as a Moscow correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age for four years.

Since November 2019, she has been the Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post.

Dixon speaks English, Russian and French.

Awards

2007 Sigma Delta Chi Award for international reporting; 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for "outstanding reporting of the lives and strife of disadvantaged people throughout the world"; 2008 Citation by the Overseas Press Club in relation to the Joe and Laurie Dine award for international reporting dealing with human rights; 2009 Batten Medal by the American Society of News Editors; 2009 Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in reporting;