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Past Event
Seminar

Reporting on War and Foreign Policy: A Career Talk with Edward Wong of The New York Times

Open to the Public

Join New York Times diplomatic and international correspondent Edward Wong to learn about his experience reporting all over the world about foreign affairs, and now from Washington, DC as a diplomatic correspondent. He will answer questions and offer advice about careers. 

Refreshments will be provided. No RSVP is required. 

Date: Time: - Location: Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

Edward Wong is a diplomatic and international correspondent for The New York Times who reports on foreign policy from Washington, D.C. He has spent most of his career abroad, reporting for 13 years from China and Iraq for the Times. As Beijing bureau chief, he ran the Times’ largest overseas operation. Edward began reporting for the Times in 1999 and worked for four years on the metro, sports and business desks before going overseas. His first posting was to Iraq to cover the American invasion and civil war, from 2003 to 2007. He then reported from China for nine years. Edward was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 2017 to 2018 and taught international reporting at Princeton University as a Ferris Professor of Journalism in 2017. He is an associate at the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Edward graduated with honors from the University of Virginia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature. He has dual master’s degrees in journalism and international studies from the University of California at Berkeley. He was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Alexandria, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/by/edward-wong