Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
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Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is a foreign correspondent with National Public Radio.
She has distinguished herself as a tenacious war correspondent and a gifted writer.
and later obtained a Master's degree in journalism at the City University London. She started her career working as a freelance journalist for the BBC World Service
and Voice of America
, traveling to Cuba, Syria, Panama and several European countries on assignment for the two organizations.
She was hired by Associated Press Television News
as a producer in 1999 and later worked for the news agency's radio branch. AP dispatched Garcia-Navarro to Kosovo in 1999; Colombia in 2000; Afghanistan in 2001; Israel in 2002; and Iraq from 2002 to 2004.
Garcia-Navarro traveled to Iraq on assignment before the 2003 war and covered the invasion as a unilateral reporter.
Garcia-Navarro joined National Public Radio
in November 2004 as Mexico City
Bureau Chief. She moved to Baghdad
in January 2008, where she oversaw NPR's Iraq coverage for over a year. She has been based in Jerusalem for NPR since April 2009.
Garcia-Navarro was born in London
, where her mother was a diplomat and her father worked as a businessman. She grew up in England, Switzerland and the United States. She speaks English, Spanish and French fluently.
Garcia-Navarro was awarded the 2006 Daniel Schorr
Journalism Prize for her work in Mexico. She belonged to teams that received the 2005 Peabody Award and the 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award, which recognized NPR's Iraq coverage.
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro married Times of London journalist James Hider on September 18, 2010 in El Valle, Republic of Panama.
In February 2011, Garcia-Navarro was one of the first reporters to enter Libya after the uprising there. She has since covered events in both the East of the country and the capital Tripoli.
She has distinguished herself as a tenacious war correspondent and a gifted writer.
Career
Garcia-Navarro studied international relations at Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
and later obtained a Master's degree in journalism at the City University London. She started her career working as a freelance journalist for the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
and Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
, traveling to Cuba, Syria, Panama and several European countries on assignment for the two organizations.
She was hired by Associated Press Television News
Associated Press Television News
Associated Press Television News, abbreviated as either AP Television News or APTN, is a global video news agency.-About:AP Television News is the video division of the Associated Press. It provides many of the world's broadcasters with a round-the-clock continuous feed of news, sports,...
as a producer in 1999 and later worked for the news agency's radio branch. AP dispatched Garcia-Navarro to Kosovo in 1999; Colombia in 2000; Afghanistan in 2001; Israel in 2002; and Iraq from 2002 to 2004.
Garcia-Navarro traveled to Iraq on assignment before the 2003 war and covered the invasion as a unilateral reporter.
Garcia-Navarro joined National Public Radio
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
in November 2004 as Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
Bureau Chief. She moved to Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
in January 2008, where she oversaw NPR's Iraq coverage for over a year. She has been based in Jerusalem for NPR since April 2009.
Garcia-Navarro was born in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where her mother was a diplomat and her father worked as a businessman. She grew up in England, Switzerland and the United States. She speaks English, Spanish and French fluently.
Garcia-Navarro was awarded the 2006 Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Louis Schorr was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio...
Journalism Prize for her work in Mexico. She belonged to teams that received the 2005 Peabody Award and the 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award, which recognized NPR's Iraq coverage.
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro married Times of London journalist James Hider on September 18, 2010 in El Valle, Republic of Panama.
In February 2011, Garcia-Navarro was one of the first reporters to enter Libya after the uprising there. She has since covered events in both the East of the country and the capital Tripoli.