Ainara Tiefenthäler is a video journalist with the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times. She was among the recipients of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for The Times's coverage of the vast civilian toll of U.S.-led airstrikes.
Ms. Tiefenthäler joined The Times in 2015 and during her tenure has covered breaking news and political extremism. She has reported from the field on separatism in Catalonia, immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border, and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. In her current role on the Visual Investigations team she focuses on human rights violations, police brutality, and far-right violence nationally and internationally.
Visual Investigations is a new form of explanatory and accountability journalism being pioneered at The Times. It combines traditional reporting with more advanced digital forensics that may include collecting and analyzing cell phone videos, satellite pictures and other imagery, social media posts, and 3-D reconstructions of crime scenes.
Ms. Tiefenthäler's work has received the Emmy Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Polk Award, and the Overseas Press Club Award among others. She grew up in Germany and Spain, and freelanced in documentary film and television news before joining The Times.
Bodycam videos and other footage provide new insights into the law enforcement response and presence at the building where the shooter was positioned.
By Neil Bedi, Aric Toler and Haley Willis
Three shows were called off after Austrian officials arrested two men and accused them of plotting a terrorist attack, and said that one had been focused on her upcoming stadium concerts.
By Julia Jacobs
Videos, audio and photographs of the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at an election rally shows how a clear threat emerged minutes before the shooting, and how law enforcement failed to protect Mr. Trump.
By Devon Lum, Riley Mellen, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Dmitriy Khavin and Aaron Byrd
A firefight amid a recovery mission. At least 19 Israeli airstrikes. Scores of Palestinians killed. A Times visual analysis shows how the June 8 operation had such a high toll.
By Neil Collier, Bora Erden, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Riley Mellen, Bilal Shbair, Anjali Singhvi, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Aric Toler
Discover the new Stonewall visitors’ center, a queer-friendly beach, a museum with works by a pioneering lesbian photographer and other sites, one in each borough.
By Ainara Tiefenthäler and Hiroko Masuike
Israel said it took care to avoid harming civilians when it targeted two Hamas fighters. An investigation shows civilian casualties were almost inevitable.
By Bilal Shbair, Iyad Abuheweila, Neil Collier, Cassandra Vinograd, Christiaan Triebert and Lauren Leatherby
Videos showed paramilitaries opening fire on the village in what had been Sudan’s breadbasket region, causing the latest mass civilian casualties in a brutal yearlong war.
By Declan Walsh and Malachy Browne
A video of munitions debris filmed at the school complex in central Gaza where thousands of Palestinians were sheltering showed remnants of a GBU-39, a bomb that is designed and manufactured by Boeing.
By Christiaan Triebert and Neil Collier
A Times visual analysis found that munition debris filmed at the scene was remnants of a GBU-39, a bomb designed and manufactured in the United States.
By Robin Stein, Christiaan Triebert and Haley Willis
This was featured in live coverage.
By Haley Willis, Robin Stein, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Natalie Reneau, Aaron Byrd and Anushka Patil