PHILIP Crowther
Multilingual International Broadcast Journalist
Philip Crowther is a multilingual U.S.-based TV and radio journalist. He is the International Affiliate Reporter for the Associated Press, and reports in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Luxembourgish, for AP’s broadcast partners.
He covers US diplomacy, foreign policy, politics, and current affairs, and reports from around the world on breaking news stories. He was the president of the White House Foreign Press Group during the Obama and first Trump administrations and is a current member of the White House Correspondents' Association.
Philip joined AP in March 2019 and has since covered major events around the world. He has reported extensively from Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, as well as from G7 and NATO summits in the United Kingdom, Japan, Belgium, and Lithuania. His reporting on sport has taken him to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Beijing, and Paris, as well as the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Most recently, he has covered the Israel-Hamas war, the US-Iran war, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the overthrow of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
Broadcasters from around the world trust Philip with their coverage of world events. He regularly reports for the likes of NewsNation, Euronews, CGTN, TRT World, EWTN, DW, MSNOW, as well as national broadcasters in the likes of Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, South Korea, Canada, and the United States.
With his live broadcasts Philip reaches every single continent and a very sizable share of the world population.
Before moving to Washington in 2011, he was a reporter and news anchor at France 24 in Paris, covering events in Ghana, Angola, South Africa, Germany, the United Kingdom, as well as the revolution in Libya.
He holds a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Studies from King's College London, and a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the London College of Communication (University of the Arts, London). He was born in Luxembourg to a British father and German mother. He is a native speaker of English, German and Luxembourgish as well as a fluent speaker of French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Philip was named an Officer in the Order of Merit by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg in 2022 and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Miami University. He is a winner of the AP’s Oliver S. Gramling Award, the AP’s highest internal award in recognition of professional excellence.
