Edward Wong

Edward Wong

Edward Wong (Chinese name: 黃安偉, born 14 November, 1972 in Washington, D.C.) is an American journalist and a foreign correspondent for "The New York Times". Wong served as one of the Times' primary correspondents covering the Iraq War from November 2003 through June 2007. After a ten month sabbatical, Wong moved to the paper's Beijing bureau [ [http://www.observer.com/2007/times-foreign-desk-shake "The New York Observer", "Times" Foreign Desk Shake-up!"] ] , where he covers the tensions between Taiwan and mainland China, among other stories.

Wong graduated from the University of Virginia in 1994 with a B.A. in English [ [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/Edward_Wong.html "The New York Times" Ask a Reporter Q&A: Edward Wong] ] . In 1999, he earned dual master's degrees in journalism and international studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Wong's first newspaper job was at The Potomac Gazette in Potomac, Md. While attending graduate school, he wrote freelance stories for The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, Wired magazine and The Far Eastern Economic Review. Wong worked as an intern at The Associated Press in 1997. He started out at The New York Times as an intern in 1998 and eventually worked at the metro, sports, business and foreign desks.

Wong received the 2005 Livingston Award for International Reporting for his Iraq coverage. He has appeared on the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and The Charlie Rose Show, and has been interviewed on various National Public Radio programs.

"My Country, My Country"

Wong appears in Laura Poitras's 2006 documentary, "My Country, My Country."

External links

* [http://chapters.aaja.org/NewYork/profile-wong.shtml Profile of Wong by the Asian American Journalists Association, New York Chapter]

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