Loren Jenkins(born 1938) is a war correspondent for theWashington Postwho won a 1983Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting"for reporting of theIsraeli invasion of Beirutand its tragic aftermath ".[1][2]
Loren Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 26, 1938 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Harmon (1964-1985), Laura Throne (1986) |
Biography
editLoren Jenkins was born inNew Orleansinto a family ofAmerican Foreign Service employees.He earned a bachelor's degree from theUniversity of ColoradoinBoulderat the end of the 1950s and then stinted with thePeace CorpsinPuerto RicoandSierra Leone.Jenkins returned toAspenin 1964, where he worked as a ski instructor. He later continued his studies atAspen Universityand did his graduate work atColumbia UniversityinNew York.[1][3][4]
Jenkins got his first position as a reporter in 1964 with theDaily Item.After leaving the newspaper in 1965, he worked forUnited Press Internationalas an overseas correspondent in New York,London,Rome,andMadrid.In 1969–1979, Jenkins served inNewsweekto coverBlack September,theSuez Crisis,and theVietnam War.Correspondent's articles for Newsweek was honored with theOverseas Press ClubAward in 1976.[1][3]
In 1980, Jenkins joined theWashington Poststaff. During his tenure with the newspaper, he was awarded thePulitzer Prize for International Reportingin 1983 for his coverage of theIsraeli invasion of Lebanon.At that time, theWashington Postwas criticized for bias in covering theIsrael–United States conflict.Marty Peretzdescribed Jenkins as "anti-Israel" and inane, stating that the journalist won aPulitzer Prizebecause most of the judges subscribed to theWashington Post–Los Angeles Timesnews service.[5][6]
In 1990, Jenkins returned toColorado,where he got the editor position at theAspen Times.In 1995, he was named an editor of the international desk atNational Public Radio,where he worked for the next fifteen years. Under Jenkins's leadership, correspondents of the radio station covered the wars inKosovo,Chechnya,Iraq,andAfghanistan.In 2005 the international desk at NPR was awarded theGeorge Peabody Award.In November 2011, Loren Jenkins retired but continued to write as a freelancer.[7][1]
References
edit- ^abcdBrennan 1999,p. 592.
- ^ "Thomas L. Friedman and Loren Jenkins ofThe New York TimesandThe Washington Post,(respectively) ".The Pulitzer Prizes. 2020.Retrieved2020-10-21.
- ^abFischer H. D. 2020.
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J. C. Pickrell, S. Benner, J. Cowen (October 11, 2014)."Sojourner Salutes".SagaCity Media.Retrieved2020-10-21.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Friedman 1987,pp. 169–179.
- ^Friedman 1987.
- ^ J. Urquhart (October 14, 2011)."Jenkins steps down at NPR".The Aspen Times.Retrieved2020-10-21.
Books
edit- Brennan (1999).Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners.Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 666.ISBN9781573561112.
- Friedman, Robert I. (1987). "Selling Israel to America".Journal of Palestine Studies:1987.
- Fischer H. D. (2020).1978–1989: From Roarings in the Middle East to the Destroying of the Democratic Movement in China.Vienna: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 379.ISBN9783110862928.