John Pomfret (journalist)
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John Pomfret is an American journalist and writer. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended Stanford University, receveing B.A. and M.A. in East Asian Studies. In 1980, he was one of the first american studentes to go to China and study at Nanjing University, for two years. Between 1983 and 1984 he attended Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies as a Fulbright Scholar, researching the Cambodian conflict.
He started his journalistic carrer in the Stanford Daily as a photographer, from where he was fired. After that he worked at a newspaper in Riverside County, California, and after a year was hired by Associated Press to work in New York, covering the graveyard shift.
After two years with the AP in New York, in 1988, he was sent to China as a foreign correspondent, thanks to his knowledge of Mandarim and asian studies background. After that, he work at several countries, including, Bosnia, Congo, Rwanda, Zaire, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey and Iran. For over 15 years he covered the armed conflicts in these countries and the politics of the post-Cold War era. Currently, he is the editor of the Washington Post's weekend opinion section, Outlook.
During his carrer, he received sereval awards, including 2003's Osborne Elliot Prize for the best coverage of Asia by the Asia Society and 2007's Shorenstein Prize for coverage of Asia.
The experiences he had when he attended Nanjing University, and his perspective of the chinese opening, are narrated in his 2006 book "Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China".
He speaks, reads and writes Mandarin, and also speaks French, Japanese and Serbo-Croatian. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife and family.
Bibliography
- Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China (2006) ISBN 0805086641 - Holt Paperbacks