Alan Cowell
 Alan Cowell      (journalist, novelist) | |
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| Born | 16 March 1947 |
| Children | • Sarah • Rebecca and Amanda |
| Spouse | • Christiane Cowell • Susan Cullinan |
Former foreign correspondent for The New York Times. | |
Alan S. Cowell is a British journalist and a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times.
Career
Between 2008 and 2013 Cowell was a Senior Correspondent for NYTimes.com based in Paris. In March 2015, he left the staff of The New York Times but continued as a freelance contributor. He has also written for The Times of London.
Cowell began his journalism career as a reporter for British newspapers: The Lancashire Evening Post and The Cambridge News before becoming a news writer/reader at the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, in Bern, Switzerland, in 1971. He joined Reuters in 1972 as a reporter based in Bonn[1] and The New York Times in 1981. His reporting has covered primarily the Middle East, Africa and Europe. During a period of time based in Rome, he also covered the Vatican and was a member of the traveling press accompanying Pope John Paul II in Latin America, the United States, Australia and elsewhere. During a 43-year career as a foreign correspondent, Cowell worked from news bureaux in Germany, Turkey, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Greece, Egypt, Italy, France and the United Kingdom.
In 1985 he was awarded the George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting in recognition of his coverage of South Africa, whence he was expelled in 1987.
He wrote a book on Alexander V. Litvinenko, who poisoned with the radioactive isotope, Polonium 210, a story that became part of the New Cold War mythology.
A Document by Alan Cowell
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| Document:UN Wants to Know If Spy Agencies Hold Answer to Dag Hammarskjöld’s Death | Article | 15 July 2017 | Bernt Carlsson Dag Hammarskjöld Susan Williams Mohamed Chande Othman Dag Hammarskjöld/Assassination John F Kennedy | After 56 years and many investigations, there is new hope that secrets lurking in Western intelligence archives could solve "the biggest whodunnit" in United Nations history: the mysterious death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld... |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | Switzerland World Economic Forum | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
References
- ↑ Laurence, John. "BOOKS OF THE TIMES: Chasing Death, Then Being Chased." The New York Times, 17 September 2003
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