Kim Barker

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Kim Barker
Born1970 (age 5455)
OccupationJournalist
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Kim Barker is a journalist who authored The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan about her experiences covering the War in Afghanistan. The book was adapted into the 2016 film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot , where Barker was portrayed by Tina Fey.

Barker was the South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune . [1] She was based out of New Delhi and Islamabad. [2] She also covered the tsunami in Asia and an earthquake in Kashmir. [3]

After writing the book she got a job with ProPublica covering campaign finance. [4]

In the wake of Lara Logan's account of sexual assault, Barker wrote about harassment issues she faced being a female correspondent. [5]

She is currently a reporter for The New York Times . [6] In 2023 she produced a podcast called The Coldest Case in Laramie about a cold case from her hometown of Laramie, Wyoming. [7]

References

  1. Ko, Claudine (2016-03-28). "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: why Tina Fey turned my life as a war reporter into a comedy". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. Arikoglu, Lale; Carey, Meredith (2018-04-23). "Journalist Kim Barker on Work Trips to War Zones". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  3. Edwards, Shanee (March 8, 2017). "21 Things About Kim Barker, the Woman Behind 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'".
  4. Schmidt, Sarah (2016-03-04). "Journalist Kim Barker on What It's Like For Your Life to Become a Tina Fey Movie". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  5. Barker, Kim (19 February 2011). "Female Foreign Correspondents' Code of Silence, Finally Broken". ProPublica.
  6. "Kim Barker". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  7. "The Coldest Case in Laramie". New York Times. Retrieved 2023-06-15.