Nate Thayer
Nate Thayer (born April 21, 1960 ) is an American journalist who works for the Associated Press , Jane’s Defense Weekly, Washington Post , Phnom Penh Post and Far Eastern Economic Review , among others .
Life
In July 1997, Thayer made headlines around the world when he reported exclusively on the “People's Tribunal” of the Khmer Rouge against Pol Pot in the jungle of northern Cambodia . Together with the cameraman David McKaige, Thayer was the only foreign eyewitness to the sentencing of the former ruler to life imprisonment.
In October 1997 he became the second Western journalist (after Elizabeth Becker 1978) to interview Pol Pot. Nate Thayer later held talks with other Khmer Rouge officials, including Ta Mok and Kang Kek Leu , the head of the S-21 torture center (Tuol Sleng) .
Publications (selection)
- Sympathy for the Devil. Living Dangerously in Cambodia - A Foreign Correspondent's Story . New York 1999.
- Forbidden City . In: Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong), October 22, 1997.
Web links
- natethayer.wordpress.com - Thayer's personal blog (English)
- Dale Keiger: In Search of Brother Number One. In: Johns Hopkins Magazine , November 1997
- Kelly Heyboer: A Journalistic Coup Turns Sour. In: American Journalism Review , vol. 19, no.7 of September 1997. (English)
- Philip Gourevitch: The Talk of the Town . In: The New Yorker , August 18, 1997. Article on Nate Thayer, accessed from Thayer's blog
- Pol Pot People's Tribunal on abc.net.au (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thayer, Nate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1960 |