May 20, 2025 (press release) –
Axel, who has proven himself to be an invaluable member of our weekend news video operation, will be joining the London office as a video journalist. We are delighted to draw on his many talents as he helps the Video desk stay on top of the news of the day, working closely with the rest of The Times’s news operation based in Europe. He will produce, source and edit breaking and developing news stories for on and off platform.
Axel joined The Times in 2021, producing and editing videos on pivotal national and global news events including the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, a deadly plane crash in South Korea and the experiences of migrants in New York City, at the U.S.-Mexico border and across Latin America. He also edited and helped produce videos on medical workers’ running field hospitals and canvassers’ reaching rural voters in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and has contributed to the rolling coverage of the crisis in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Born in Ecuador, Axel grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University with a journalism degree and a political science minor.
Monika started on May 12 and Axel will head to London this summer.
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