Howard French
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Howard Waring French is an associate professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
as well as a journalist, author and photographer. He was most recently a senior foreign correspondent with The New York Times
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. These reports were the basis for the book A Continent for the Taking.
French has also reported on the political and social affairs in China
, where he covered on the government crackdown of dissent in the Dongzhou protests of 2005. His most recent work for The New York Times is centered on China where he was the paper's Shanghai bureau chief.
French was New York Times bureau chief for the Caribbean and Central America from 1990 to 1994, covering Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and numerous other countries.
From 1994 to 1998, French covered West and Central Africa for the Times, reporting on wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Central Africa, with particular attention to the fall of the longtime dictator of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko.
French became Tokyo
bureau chief for the Times in 1999, after a year studying Japanese at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He is presently collaborating with The New York Review of Books
.
In addition to covering China as Shanghai Bureau Chief for the Times, French worked as a weekly columnist on regional affairs for The International Herald Tribune.
French is an internationally exhibited photographer, whose multi-year project, photographing the rapidly shrinking old quarters of Shanghai, "Disappearing Shanghai" has shown in Asia, Europe and the United States. Disappearing Shanghai will be published in book form in 2011, in collaboration with the novelist and poet, Qiu Xiaolong.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...
as well as a journalist, author and photographer. He was most recently a senior foreign correspondent with The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
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Biography
French taught at university in the Ivory Coast in the 1980s before becoming a reporter. He has reported extensively on the political affairs of Western and Central AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. These reports were the basis for the book A Continent for the Taking.
French has also reported on the political and social affairs in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, where he covered on the government crackdown of dissent in the Dongzhou protests of 2005. His most recent work for The New York Times is centered on China where he was the paper's Shanghai bureau chief.
French was New York Times bureau chief for the Caribbean and Central America from 1990 to 1994, covering Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and numerous other countries.
From 1994 to 1998, French covered West and Central Africa for the Times, reporting on wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Central Africa, with particular attention to the fall of the longtime dictator of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko.
French became Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
bureau chief for the Times in 1999, after a year studying Japanese at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He is presently collaborating with The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
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In addition to covering China as Shanghai Bureau Chief for the Times, French worked as a weekly columnist on regional affairs for The International Herald Tribune.
French is an internationally exhibited photographer, whose multi-year project, photographing the rapidly shrinking old quarters of Shanghai, "Disappearing Shanghai" has shown in Asia, Europe and the United States. Disappearing Shanghai will be published in book form in 2011, in collaboration with the novelist and poet, Qiu Xiaolong.