Peter Maass
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Peter Maass is an American journalist and author. He was born in 1960 in Los Angeles, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the New York Times Magazine. He has mainly covered international stories and has lived in Belgium, South Korea, and Hungary. He now lives in New York City. In 1996 he published his first book Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War. It told of his experiences covering the conflict in Bosnia. [1]
In 2003, Maass wrote a profile on North Korean leader Kim Jung Il for the New York Times Magazine which was praised for presenting information previously unknown in the English speaking world. [2]
In 2005, Forbes Magazine called Maass the "Dunce of the Week" for a New York Times Magazine cover story which predicted higher oil prices due to increased demand and decreased supply. Forbes also suggested that he had a political bias in the way he wrote the story. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ His official website
- ^ [1] "The Paper Profile How Peter Maass reported the story of a reclusive dictator", Poynteronline. 2003-11-14
- ^ Dunce of the Week: Peter Maass, Forbes Magazine. 2005-08-26
[edit] External links
- His official website
- Guest appearances on Charlie Rose's PBS program.
- Interview on National Public Radio.
