Patrick Boehler

Patrick is the founder of Gazzetta, a Tallinn and New York-based media research lab that focuses on autocratic settings. He previously led Radio Free Europe’s digital transformation, establishing its audience research, marketing, and product departments, along with its journalism Academy and Innovation Lab. His experience spans executive newsroom roles, award-winning reporting for The New York Times and South China Morning Post, co-founding the Environmental Reporting Collective, and teaching at the University of Hong Kong. He holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Vienna, and was a 2023 Sulzberger Executive Leadership Fellow at Columbia University.