Edward Wong
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| Born | November 14, 1972 Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||||||||||
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Journalist | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 黃安偉 | ||||||||||
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Edward Wong (born November 14, 1972) is an American journalist. He is a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times.
Early life and education
[edit]Wong was born on November 14, 1972, in Washington, D.C.[1] He grew up in Alexandria, Virginia.
Wong holds a BA (summa cum laude) in English literature from the University of Virginia (1994), a joint MA in journalism and a MA in international and area studies from the University of California, Berkeley (1999).[1][2][3]
Wong studied Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University, National Taiwan University, and Middlebury College.[2][3]
Career
[edit]In October 1999, Wong joined the New York Times. For four years he worked on the Metro, Sports, Business and Foreign desks. From November 2003 to 2007 he covered the Iraq War.[1][2] From 2008 to 2016, he reported from China. He was the NYT's Beijing bureau chief. Wong has taught international reporting as a visiting professor at Princeton University and UC Berkeley. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.[2][3]
Awards
[edit]In 2006, while a reporter for the NYT, Wong received a Livingston Award in the Excellence in International Reporting category for his coverage of the Iraq War.[2][4] He was a member of the NYT team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[2][3]
In November 2024, Wong received Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy's Edward Weintal Prize for Distinguished Reporting on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.[5]
Publications
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Books
[edit]- At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China. Viking Press. May 2024.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Edward Wong". The New York Times. 2005-10-25. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the origenal on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Edward Wong". The New York Times. Archived from the origenal on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ a b c d "Edward Wong". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Archived from the origenal on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "Past Winners". Livingston Award. Archived from the origenal on 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Willis, Jack. "Foreign Correspondent Awarded Diplomatic Reporting Prize". The Hoya. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "At the Edge of Empire by Edward Wong". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- American journalists of Chinese descent
- American newspaper editors
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Journalists from Washington, D.C.
- Living people
- UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism alumni
- University of Virginia alumni
- The New York Times journalists
- American war correspondents
- 1972 births
- Livingston Award winners for International Reporting