C. J. Chivers

C.J. Chivers
Born	Christopher John Chivers 1964 (age 46–47) Binghamton, N.Y.
Occupation	journalist, former Marine
Spouse(s)	Suzanne Keating
Children	five children
Ethnicity	American of Irish descent
Religious belief(s)	Roman Catholic
Notable credit(s)	The New York Times, Esquire, Foreign Affairs, Wired, Military History Quarterly, Providence Journal, Field & Stream, Salt Water Sportsman, Surfer 2007 Michael Kelly Award winner
Agent	Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
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Christopher John Chivers is an American journalist and author who reports for The New York Times. In the summer of 2007, he was named the newspaper's Moscow bureau chief, replacing Steven Lee Myers. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 as part of a team of New York Times reporters and photographers awarded for their dispatches from Pakistan and Afghanistan. His book, The Gun, a work of history published under the Simon & Schuster imprint, was released in October, 2010.

Chivers attended the school of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. At Cornell, Chivers played Defensive Line for Sprint Football all four years, and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. After graduating in 1987 from Cornell University, Chivers served as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps until 1994. He graduated from the United States Army's Ranger School, was in the first Gulf War and in peacekeeping operations during the Los Angeles riots in 1992 before being honorably discharged as a captain.^[1]

Following graduation from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Chivers reported for the Providence Journal on the Providence city government from 1995^[2] to 1999.^[3]

For the Times, Chivers covered the New York Police Department from 1999 to 2001, when he became a foreign correspondent. He has reported from Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq and all of the former Soviet nations. In Russia he has covered Chechnya and Beslan. In Uzbekistan, he covered the Andijan massacre in 2005.

In 2010 his work in The Times from Afghanistan and Iraq, with that of the reporter Dexter Filkins and the photographer Tyler Hicks, was recognized by New York University as one of the Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade.

Awards

1996

In 1996, Chivers received the Livingston Award for International Reporting for a series published in the Providence Journal-Bulletin on the collapse of commercial fishing in the North Atlantic.^[4]

2002

Two of Chivers' stories from Afghanistan were cited in the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

2004

With Steven Lee Myers, Chivers received a citation for best newspaper reporting from abroad from the Overseas Press Club for coverage of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis in the Times.

2007

Chivers is the recipient of the 2007 Michael Kelly Award and the National Magazine Award For Reporting for his reconstruction of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis written for Esquire magazine.^[5] That Esquire article has been optioned for a feature film by Imagine Entertainment.^[6] He is also the 2007 winner of the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline Reporting, awarded by the American Society of Newspaper Editors for his account in the Times of a Navy corpsman's efforts to save a Marine wounded by a sniper in Anbar Province, Iraq.^[7]

Chivers won the 2007 Golden Verb award for excellence from MediaSoyuz, a Russian journalism society, for coverage of Chechnya and an honorable mention from the Overseas Press Club for best newspaper reporting from abroad, for "Marines in Iraq."

2009

Chivers was part of a team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

Personal

In 2008 he, his wife, and five children returned to the United States from Russia. Chivers and his family reside in Rhode Island.

Notes

1. ^ MediaBistro.com - Spotlight: C.J. Chivers Accessed 12 April 2007.
2. ^ Providence Journal-Bulletin: The Power of Words: Chris Chivers bio Accessed 12 April 2007.
3. ^ Providence Newspaper Guild to Belo chief Robert Decherd from NY Times reporter Chris Chivers Accessed 12 April 2007.
4. ^ The Livingston Awards Accessed 23 April 2007.
5. ^ The Michael Kelly Award
6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4992852.stm Hollywood to film Beslan tragedy
7. ^ ASNE recognizes excellence in writing, photography Accessed 23 April 2007.

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Name	Chivers, C.J.
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Date of birth	1964
Place of birth	Binghamton, N.Y.
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