Ashley R. Parker (born 1982) is an American journalist and a Washington-based politics reporter for The New York Times (since 2011) and photojournalist. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, where she grew up. She has appeared on Gwen Ifill's Washington Week in Review on PBS, and she has also written for The New York Times Magazine. She covers many Republican Party candidates, elected officials, and topics. She also covers routine New York City topics and the White House. She also covered Chelsea Clinton's wedding for the New York Times.