[citation needed] As Berlin bureau chief from 1996 to 1999, Nagorski reported on Germany's efforts to overcome the legacy of division, the immigration debate, and German-Jewish relations.
Based in Berlin, Nagorski also covered Central Europe, drawing on his experience in the region and his knowledge of Polish, Russian, German and French.
[citation needed] From January 2000 to 2008, Nagorski was a senior editor for Newsweek in New York, after his time as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in various cities.
"[5] Nagorski's first novel, Last Stop Vienna, about a young German who joins the early Nazi movement and then confronts Hitler, was published by Simon & Schuster in January 2003.
In 1988, Nagorski took a one-year leave of absence to serve as a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank in Washington, D.C.[6]