James Kanter

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James Kanter
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James Kanter in 2018
Education Columbia University, Yale Law School, City, University of London
Occupation(s)Journalist and editor

James Kanter is an American and British award-winning journalist [1] and Brussels-based commentator on European Union affairs. [2]

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Kanter helped establish the first independent newspaper in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge rule, The Cambodia Daily, where he served as editor in chief from 1995 to 1997. [3]

Kanter was the correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times in Brussels for 12 years until leaving the paper in 2017 [4] to launch EU Scream in 2018, a podcast on European affairs. [5]

According to the news website EURACTIV and the consulting firm ZN Consulting, Kanter counts among the most influential people in the Brussels bubble. [6]

Education

Kanter earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University. He holds master's degrees from Yale Law School and from City, University of London. [7]

European politics

As the correspondent of The New York Times in Brussels, Kanter questioned some aspects of the functioning of the European institutions, such as power dynamics at the EU summits. [8] He also made skeptical comments of the functioning of the Belgian parliamentary system. [9]

Kanter warned that "too many people working for the EU institutions don't see the big picture" in reference to the threats to the European project that the nationalist and nativist forces in Europe represent. [10]

He reported on antitrust issues from the perspective of American companies. [11]

In 2018, after leaving The New York Times, Kanter launched the podcast EU Scream focused on civil society issues in the EU. [12]

UK citizens rights in the Brexit context

Kanter expressed concerns early on about the Brexit referendum and about what it would mean for UK citizens. [13] After the Brexit referendum of 2016, he became an advocate for British citizens seeking to obtain an EU passport in another country in order to preserve their rights. [14] [15]

Awards

In 2009 Kanter won the UACES/Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe prize. [16] Kanter was awarded the prize for his reporting on the European Union Emissions Trading System. [17]

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  2. ↑ Hoe blikt EU-correspondent James Kanter terug op 2017? [How does the EU correspondent James Kanter look back at 2017?] (video). VRT NWS. December 20, 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Robertson, Holly (September 5, 2017). "Fearless newspaper meets its end as Cambodia clamps down on free press". Columbia Journalism Review . Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ Heath, Ryan (November 1, 2017). "Brussels Playbook". Politico . Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  5. ↑ Barker, Alex (November 20, 2018). "How to classify Brexit texts". Financial Times . Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ Ardeleanu, Raluca Ciocian (November 15, 2018). "Here they are: the 40 most influential Twitter accounts of 2018!". EURACTIV . Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  7. ↑ Woodside, Christine (6 May 2008). "Climate Change on Banking and Financial Beats". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Robinson, Duncan (October 21, 2016). "Ignoring Brexit – life goes on for the EU". Financial Times . Retrieved January 11, 2021. James Kanter of the New York Times does a tremendous job of looking at how EU leaders project their power at EU summits, be it through bringing along nuclear codes or better still the finest in Luxembourgish neckwear.
  9. ↑ Ducourtieux, Cécile (May 3, 2017). "Qui sont vraiment les "eurocrates" de Bruxelles ?". Le Monde . Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  10. ↑ Iago, Daffyd ab (April 30, 2019). "Holding the institutions to account: Brussels press corps still as relevant as ever". The Brussels Times . Retrieved January 16, 2021. "Too many people working for the EU institutions don't see the big picture themselves," said James Kanter.
  11. ↑ Peterson, Andrea (November 28, 2014). "The Switchboard: EU passes symbolic measure calling for break-up of Google". The Washington Post . Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  12. ↑ Krasnec, Tomislav (June 18, 2019). "Najnaprednije digitalno društvo na fašistički pogon". Večernji list . Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  13. ↑ Royaume-Uni : Bye Bye l'Europe ? [The UK: Bye Bye to Europe?] (video). France 24. November 5, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  14. ↑ Nuyens, Sarah (July 15, 2017). "Bruxelles: Les Britanniques face au défi de la naturalisation". La Libre Belgique . Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  15. ↑ Mykkänen, Pekka (May 21, 2019). "Brysselistä on tullut myrkyllinen brändi". Helsingin Sanomat . Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  16. ↑ "2009". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2022– via Time Back Machine.
  17. ↑ "News in brief". Times Higher Education. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2021. James Kanter, International Herald Tribune and New York Times journalist, scooped the top prize for a piece on the European Union's Emissions Trading System.
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