Richard A. Oppel, Jr.

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Richard A. Oppel, Jr. is an American journalist who has reported for "The New York Times" from Iraq, Israel and Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Duke University.

In the 90's, Oppel reported for the "Los Angeles Times" [ [http://www.aegis.com/news/Lt/1990/LT900709.html Oppel, Richard A., Jr. "Dentists Are Skeptical of Center's AIDS Story." "The Los Angeles Times", 29 July 1990.] ] , the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram" [ [http://www.wordzilla.com/stories/1992/04/05/epidemic-of-domestic-violence.html Moewe, M.C. and Oppel, Richard A., Jr. "When Home Is Where the Hurt Is." "Fort Worth Star-Telegram", 5 April 1992.] ] and the "Dallas Morning News" [ [http://archives.cjr.org/year/97/1/austin.asp Holley, Joe. "Old Values, New Life: The revival of the Austin American-Statesman." "Columbia Journalism Review", January/February 1997.] ] .

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Oppel is the son of Rich Oppel, former editor of the "Austin American-Statesman", and Carol V. Oppel, a freelance writer specializing in religious topics.

Oppel's sister, Shelby Oppel Wood [ [http://www.newleadershiporegon.org/shelby.html National Education for Women's Leadership (NEW Leadership) Oregon website] ] , is an education reporter at "The Oregonian" newspaper ["WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS: Shelby Oppel, Nathan Wood." "The New York Times", 1 August 2004.] .

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