Keith Bradsher
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Keith Bradsher is a reporter for The New York Times
. He has been the chief Hong Kong
correspondent since 2002, reporting on events from greater China and southeast Asia on topics ranging from news to finance, culture and the environment. He has won numerous awards for his reporting.
and received his bachelor’s degree with highest honors in economics as a Morehead Scholar
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
.
One area of recurring focus has been developments in the strategic rare earth market.
the same year. Later, he published a book on SUVs called High and Mighty which won the New York Public Library
Helen Bernstein Award. He won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for coverage of avian flu
in the area. He won the Asia Society
’s Osborn Elliott
Award and the Overseas Press Club
’s Malcolm Forbes
Award in 2010, for coverage of clean energy in China. The Asia Society summarized the work on China he was being honored for: "Through a dozen front-page articles, Bradsher revealed how China, as one of the world’s largest polluters, has also begun to develop some of the world’s most advanced solutions to global warming and has pursued them aggressively."
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...
. He has been the chief Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
correspondent since 2002, reporting on events from greater China and southeast Asia on topics ranging from news to finance, culture and the environment. He has won numerous awards for his reporting.
Education
Bradsher has a public policy master’s degree in economics from Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and received his bachelor’s degree with highest honors in economics as a Morehead Scholar
Morehead-Cain Scholarship
The Morehead-Cain Scholarship was the first merit scholarship program established in the United States, founded at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the first public university in the United States. It is named for its benefactors, John Motley Morehead III and the Gordon and Mary Cain...
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
.
Career
Bradsher joined the Times in 1989. Before his Asian assignment, he was the Detroit bureau chief, a Washington D.C. correspondent, and a reporter covering the airline and telecommunications industries.One area of recurring focus has been developments in the strategic rare earth market.
Awards
Bradsher won the George Polk Award for national reporting on his coverage of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in 1997 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer 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...
the same year. Later, he published a book on SUVs called High and Mighty which won the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
Helen Bernstein Award. He won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for coverage of avian flu
Asian flu
Asian Flu may refer to:* The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, or* Asian Flu, the H2N2 virus...
in the area. He won the Asia Society
Asia Society
The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Melbourne...
’s Osborn Elliott
Osborn Elliott
Osborn Elliott was the editor of Newsweek magazine for sixteen years between 1961 until 1976. Elliott is credited with transforming Newsweek from a staid publication into a modern rival of Time....
Award and the Overseas Press Club
Overseas Press Club
The Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
’s Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes.-Life and career:...
Award in 2010, for coverage of clean energy in China. The Asia Society summarized the work on China he was being honored for: "Through a dozen front-page articles, Bradsher revealed how China, as one of the world’s largest polluters, has also begun to develop some of the world’s most advanced solutions to global warming and has pursued them aggressively."