Alison Killing
British architect and urban designer
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Alison Killing is a British architect, urban designer, and journalist specializing in open-source intelligence.[1][2] She received the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2021.
Oxford Brookes (MA)
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| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge (BA) Oxford Brookes (MA) |
| Employer | Financial Times |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (2021) |
Early life
Killing was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and obtained her bachelor's degree from King's College, Cambridge in 2002 before receiving her master's degree from Oxford Brookes in 2004.[3][1][4]
Career
Killing worked as an architect in London and Rotterdam, working for Buro Happold and Kees Christiaanse before starting her own studio, Killing Architects, in 2010.[1][3]
While continuing her work as an architect, Killing began working as a journalist, working with Buzzfeed on an investigation about how Instagram stories can facilitate increased police surveillance.[5]
Killing was part of the team that produced a series of innovative articles that used satellite images, 3D architectural models, and in-person interviews to expose China’s vast infrastructure for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its Xinjiang region and won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[6][7][8][9]
In 2023, Killing joined Financial Times as a visual investigations reporter.[10] She has written about the "unravelling" of the Neom development, the murdering of Ukrainian prisoners of war, and the Israel-Gaza war.[11] In 2025, Killing was awarded two Amnesty International Media Awards for her work on extremist settlers in the West Bank and the Russian abduction of Ukrainian children.[12]
Killing is a TED Fellow.[4]
Personal life
Killing lives in Rotterdam.
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