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'''Lydia Frances Polgreen''' |
'''Lydia Frances Polgreen''' is an [[United States|American]] journalist who was the West Africa bureau chief of ''[[The New York Times]]'', based in [[Dakar, Senegal]], from 2005-2009.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/lydia_polgreen/index.html?inline=nyt-per.| title=Lydia Polgreen| work=The New York Times |accessdate= 18 April 2010}}</ref> She is currently reporting from India.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.observer.com/2008/media/times-beijing-bureau-chief-takes-india| title=Times’ Beijing Bureau Chief Takes On India| author= John Koblin| work=The New York Observer| date=October 21, 2008 | accessdate=August 26, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://billionaires.forbes.com/photo/03USd2o5kpcmX |title=Photo from AP Photo |publisher=Billionaires.forbes.com |date=2010-07-09 |accessdate=2010-08-27}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:35, 4 May 2011
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| Born | Lydia Frances Polgreen 28 November 1975 |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Notable credit | The New York Times |
Lydia Frances Polgreen is an American journalist who was the West Africa bureau chief of The New York Times, based in Dakar, Senegal, from 2005-2009.[1] She is currently reporting from India.[2][3]
Biography
Polgreen graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2000 and St. John's College in 1997.
In 2006, Polgreen was awarded a George Polk Award, awarded annual by Long Island University, in foreign reporting for her coverage of ethnic violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
In February 2008 she covered the Battle of N'Djamena in Chad. The French freelance photographer Benedicte Kurzen illustrates some of her work in N'Djamena.
Notes
- ^ "Lydia Polgreen". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ John Koblin (October 21, 2008). "Times' Beijing Bureau Chief Takes On India". The New York Observer. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Photo from AP Photo". Billionaires.forbes.com. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
External links
- Journalist's twitter
- "WEBCAST: LYDIA POLGREEN, NEW NYT NEW DELHI CORRESPONDENT", MARCH 30, 2009
- "Lydia Polgreen, NYT's West Africa bureau chief", Columbia Journalism podcast, 1/7/2009
- "My Foreign Correspondent Hero: Lydia Polgreen", AAUW Dialog, March 13, 2009
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