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Nicholas Kristof
American journalist and political commentator (born 1959)
Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
Born in Chicago, Kristof was raised in Yamhill, Oregon, the son of two professors at nearby Portland State University. After graduating from Harvard University, where he wrote for The Harvard Crimson, Kristof intermittently interned at The Oregonian. He joined the staff of The New York Times in 1984.
Kristof is a self-described progressive.[1] According to The Washington Post, Kristof "rewrote opinion journalism" with his emphasis on human rights abuses and social injustices, such as human trafficking and the Darfur conflict.[2] Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa described Kristof as an "honorary African" for shining a spotlight on neglected conflicts in the continent.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Kristof was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up on a family sheep farm and cherry orchard in Yamhill, Oregon.[4] He is the son of Jane Kristof (née McWilliams) and Ladis "Kris" Kristof (born Władysław Krzysztofowicz; 1918-20
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MA student Austin Meyer named winner of New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof win-a-trip contest
Stanford Journalism Program master’s co-term student Austin Meyer has been named as the winner of Nicholas Kristof’s annual win-a-trip contest.
Kristof, an acclaimed New York Times columnist, announced Thursday that he and Meyer will likely travel to India and Bangladesh or Congo. Each year since 2006, Kristof has taken a student on a reporting trip to a location in the developing world. “The aim is to generate interest in global poverty issues both with the contest and with the blogging and videos that the winner will contribute to the New York Times website,” he wrote in a December article.
“This is an unbelievable opportunity for Austin to travel with one of the most influential foreign affairs columnists of our day and to have enormous impact,” said Janine Zacharia, who teaches journalism in Stanford’s Department of Communication and is also a former Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post. “Austin is a tenacious, natural storyteller who, with his exceptional videography skills, I know, will help educate and engage people about issues that the vast majority of the globe otherwise might not know or care about.”
“I have always admired Nicholas Kristof