Nicholas Kristof

Former Underage Prostitute Sold on Backpage.com: 'Like Going Back to Slave Times' - Posted March 19, 2012
The classified advertising website Backpage.com makes approximately $22 million a year from escort ads, and a portion of those ads are selling victims of human trafficking. Nicholas Kristof gave a voice to one of those victims ... [FishbowlLA]

NY Times Journalist Takes LA Weekly Parent Company to Task for Aiding Sex Traffickers - Posted January 26, 2012
Nicholas Kristof is something of an expert on sex trafficking. The Pulitzer Prize journalist has covered the issue extensively in both his reporting and his book Half the Sky: From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide. So his criticism of Village Voice Media for aiding human traffickers through their Backpage.com sex... [FishbowlLA]

Jack Nicholson Doctoral Debut Flies Below Media Radar - Posted May 31, 2011
The only thing Brown University did wrong with its 2011 Commencement ceremonies was to schedule them smack dab in the middle of Memorial Day weekend. As a result, Jack Nicholson's Sunday acceptance of an honorary... [FishbowlLA]

Bahrain Blogger Dies in Police Custody - Posted April 13, 2011
Bahraini blogger Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri died in police custody last weekend after being arrested by security forces on April 2nd for "disseminating false news" and "inciting hatred." Committ... [GalleyCat]

Nicholas Kristof Records Bahrain Violence in Twitter Dispatches - Posted February 18, 2011
Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof (pictured) has released a series of chilling Twitter dispatches about a violent crackdown on protesters in Bahrain--a scene unfolding right now. His... [GalleyCat]

Waggener Edstrom Digital Chief: 'We Need to Move From Output to Outcomes' - Posted June 16, 2010
Waggener Edstrom just promoted Jen Houston to the new role of president, Studio D and global lead. Houston was previously senior vice president, and will continue to lead Studio D, the agency's digital division, which has expanded from 37 full-time employees in July 200... [PRNewser]

Conde Nast Traveler Shows Travel Industry How To Save The World - Posted September 21, 2009
Today, we spent some time at Conde Nast Traveler's World Savers Congress, a conference that gathered members of the tourism and travel industries that are trying to make a difference in the world t... [FishbowlNY]

House of Haddad Celebrates WuDunn & Kristof - Posted September 14, 2009
Last Thursday evening, guests at the home of Tammy Haddad were given the chance to chat up of Pulitzer Prize winners and co-authors of "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn. The two were being honored by "Mothers Day Every Day," a campaign founded... [FishbowlDC]

Read Like a NY Times Columnist - Posted September 9, 2009
Ever wish you could peek into the bookshelf of a New York Times columnist? This week The Daily Beast fulfilled your desires with special feature looking at ... [GalleyCat]

Kristof And WuDunn Offer Advice On Fostering Change - Posted September 1, 2009
Today mediabistro.com is featuring an interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof... [FishbowlNY]

NYT Columnists Prepare To Teach Classes - Posted August 27, 2009
First, there were plans to launch a wine club. Now The New York Times has revealed another new revenue stream: classes taugh... [FishbowlNY]

Journalists Kristof, WuDunn Awarded Dayton Literary Peace Prize For Lifetime Achievement - Posted August 18, 2009
Husband-and-wife reporting and writing team Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will be awarded the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement at a gala celebrati... [FishbowlNY]

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Win Literary Peace Prize - Posted August 18, 2009
Married journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have won the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement. In addition, the literary organization announced the finalists for this year's ... [GalleyCat]

YouTube Launches Reporter Center|Wikipedia Co-Founder Helped The Times|Hachette Reorganizes Auto Brands|Atlantic City Paper's Editor Says Goodbye With Top Ten List|Spitzer Blogs For HuffPo - Posted June 29, 2009
WebNewser: YouTube launched its Reporters Center t... [FishbowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Sec... [FishbowlDC]

Noon Reading List 04.03.09 - Posted April 3, 2009
Good afternoon FishbowlDC! Sorry for the delay... Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 74 covering the ... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 27, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) CBS' Face the Nation: President Barack Obama ABC's This Week: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a roundtable with ABC's Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts, NYT's ... [FishbowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 03.22.07 - Posted March 22, 2007
An ABC release announces that "World News with Charles Gibson" will air a special series -- "Key to the World" -- reported by ABC News' Bill Weir. "The series will take Weir on reporting assignments around the globe, and in conjunction, 'World News' will have a single commercial sponsor the first... [FishbowlDC]

TimesSelect To Go Free ... To College Kids - Posted March 12, 2007
Thomas Friedman approves As part of its "journalistic mission to get people talking on campuses," nytimes.com is set to give free access for it... [FishbowlNY]