Jane Perlez
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Jane Perlez is an Australia
n born journalist who has been The New York Times
correspondent in Africa, Eastern Europe and Indonesia. She is currently reporting from Pakistan.
Perlez moved to New York in the 1970s, and worked for The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and the Soho Weekly News, before joining The New York Times. She was the paper's chief diplomatic correspondent from 1999–2001, and has been posted to Africa, Poland, Austria, Indonesia, and now Pakistan.
Perlez was a Pulitzer Prize
nominee in 1993 for her coverage of events in Somalia
.
Perlez was part of The New York Times' team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, 2009, for their distinguished coverage of the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n born journalist who has been 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...
correspondent in Africa, Eastern Europe and Indonesia. She is currently reporting from Pakistan.
Perlez moved to New York in the 1970s, and worked for The New York Post, The New York Daily News, and the Soho Weekly News, before joining The New York Times. She was the paper's chief diplomatic correspondent from 1999–2001, and has been posted to Africa, Poland, Austria, Indonesia, and now Pakistan.
Perlez was a Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
nominee in 1993 for her coverage of events in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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Perlez was part of The New York Times' team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, 2009, for their distinguished coverage of the war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.