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Rod Nordland

Rod Nordland

Rod Nordland Biography

Rod Nordland is the New York Times's Pulitzer Prize–winning international correspondent at large. Formerly the paper's Kabul bureau chief, he has worked as a foreign correspondent in more than 150 countries. Previously he was Newsweek's chief foreign correspondent, serving as Baghdad bureau chief from 2003–2005. He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for news reporting and also a finalist for a Pulitzer in international reporting from Southeast Asia. He has received two George Polk awards; several Overseas Press Club awards, and many other honors. He is the author of The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo & Juliet.



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    Dexter Filkins joined The New Yorker in January of 2011. He was previously a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, where he covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq beginning in 2001. Before that, he worked for the ... (more)

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    Lindsey Hilsum is the International Editor for Channel 4 News in England. She has covered many of the major conflicts and international events of the last twenty-five years, including the wars in Syria, Ukraine, Iraq and ... (more)

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