David Binder (journalist)
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David Binder | |
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| Born | February 22, 1931 London, England |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University, A.B.(cum laude), 1953; University of Cologne,graduate study,1953-54 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Author |
| Spouse | Helga Wagner (1959-present) |
| Children | Julia, Andrea, Alena |
David Binder, (born February 22, 1931), is an American journalist and author. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1961 to 2004,[1] serving as Berlin Correspondent in 1961; Balkans correspondent 1963-1966; Germany Correspondent 1967-1973; Washington D.C. Correspondent, 1973-2004. He has contributed to several magazines, including The Reporter, The Nation, The New Republic, and Foreign Policy. He has also written two books on German history, and chapters of New York Times books: America's Race to the Moon, 1962; About Men, 1987; The Science Times Book of Birds; 1997 Science Times Book of Fish, 1997; Scientists at W, 2000. He is professionally interested in small nations. In 2001 he was awarded by the Romanian Cultural Foundation "for exceptional contributions" involving "major contributions for the better knowledge of Romanian culture and civilization in the world."[2] He is retired, but is serving on the editorial advisory board of the Mediterranean Quarterly.
Early life
Binder was born on February 22, 1931, in London, England along with his twin sister Deborah, to American parents Carroll (a Newspaperman), and Dorothy (Walton) Binder. He was raised in Highland Park, Illinois Chicago until the age of 13, when he attended a Quaker boarding school in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard, before going to the University of Cologne to study on Fulbright Fellowship. There he was a assistant at the Salzburg Seminar in Austria summer of 1953.
Career
- Carbondale Free Press-Southern-Illinoisan (summer, 1951)
- Lousiville Times, Reporter (1954–56)
- Institute of Current World Affairs, fellow in Germany, (1957–59)
- Daily Mail, Reporter in Berlin, (1959–60)
- Minneapolis Tribune, copy editor, (1960–61)
- The New York Times, Reporter, (1961-2004)
Books
- Berlin: East and West in Pictures, 1963 ISBN 978-0806910185
- The Other German: Willy Brandt's Life and Times, 1976 ISBN 978-0915220090
References
- ^ "Recent and archived news articles by David Binder of The New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Premiile Fundatiei Culturale Romane – 2000" (in Romanian). Observator Cultural. 2001.
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