Lydia Polgreen
Lydia Polgreen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lydia Frances Polgreen 1975 |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Notable credit | The New York Times |
Lydia Frances Polgreen (born 1975) 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.
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.
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