Involvement and Affiliations: |
Former Correspondent, New York Times. Has appeared as an expert on Middle Eastern and national security on 60-Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, ABC's Night Line and Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Charlie Rose Show Frequently lectures on the Middle East, Islam, national security, and terrorism Named special correspondent to the Persian Gulf Crisis for the New York Times, Oct. 1990 Co-coordinator of unit at the New York Times to enhance the papers' coverage of radio, television, advertising, and publishing, May 1989 Returned to Washington as the New York Times' Washington Bureau News Editor and Deputy Bureau Chief, 1987 First woman to be named chief of the New York Times' bureau in Cairo, Egypt, 1983 Joined the New York Times' Washington bureau, where she covered the securities industry, Congress, politics, foreign affairs, particularly the Middle East and nuclear proliferation issues, 1977 Won an Emmy for her work on a Nova/New York Times documentary based on articles for her book "Germs", 2002 Was part of a 10 person team that won a Pulitzer Prize for "exploratory journalism" for the 2001 series on Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, 2002 Part of the New York Times Team that won a DuPont award for a series of television programs on terrorism for PBS' Frontline, 2002 |