Joshua Hammer (born June 12, 1957) is an American journalist. He graduated from Princeton University in 1979. He was a correspondent [1] and bureau chief [2] for Newsweek. While at Newsweek - he was the Nairobi Bureau Chief from 1993 to 1996, the South American Bureau Chief from 1996–1997, the Los Angeles Bureau Chief from 1997–2001, the Berlin Bureau Chief from 2000–2001, the Jerusalem Bureau Chief[3] from 2001–2004, and the Africa Bureau Chief from 2005-2006.
He and the photographer Gary Knight were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip in 2001.[4]