Dexter Filkins
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| Dexter Filkins | |
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| Born | 1961 |
| Occupation | Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist |
| Nationality | American |
Dexter Price Filkins (born c. 1961) is an American journalist who reports for The New York Times. He has been reporting from Iraq since 2004. His reporting from Afghanistan won him a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 2002.
Prior to joining The New York Times in October, 2000, Filkins was New Delhi bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times for three years.
Filkins received the 2004 George Polk Award for War Reporting given annually by Long Island University to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting.[1]
In 2006-07, Filkins was at Harvard University on a Nieman Fellowship.
Filkins' book, The Forever War, will be published in September of 2008.
[edit] Personal
Filkins received a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida[2] in 1983.
[edit] Notes
- ^ George Polk Awards for Journalism press release. Long Island University. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
- ^ South Asian Journalists Association - Dexter Filkins profile
[edit] External links
- In-depth profile of Ahmad Chalabi by Filkins New York Times
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