Shai Oster

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Shai Oster is an American journalist who is the Asia bureau chief for The Information , a technology news site. [1] He formerly worked at The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek .[ citation needed ] [2]

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Early life and education

Oster was born in Jerusalem. He received his B.A. in history from Columbia University in 1994 and a master's degree in Journalism from the Columbia School of Journalism in 1998. [3]

Career

He has won several awards in more than a decade as a journalist in China, Europe, and the U.S., writing about a broad range of economic, business and social issues. Before joining The Wall Street Journal's China Bureau, Oster covered OPEC for Dow Jones Newswires in London. He previously served as Beijing bureau chief for Asiaweek magazine and as Beijing correspondent for the Bureau of National Affairs and the San Francisco Chronicle .

Shai was the recipient of the George Polk Award for environmental reporting and Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Award in 2008. In April 2007, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting as part of the bureau’s "sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution." [4]

Three Gorges Dam reporting

He is known for his reporting on the Three Gorges Dam. Oster reported details regarding environmental problems with the dam and impacts on Chinese citizens living within affected areas along the banks of the Yangzee River including 1.4 million people forced to leave their homes by the government. Specifically, he noted that the Chinese government intended to displace a further 4 million people, a claim that sparked controversy, others claiming the resettlement plan was only tangentially related to the dam. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

He lives in Hong Kong, China with his wife, Alisha Alexander. Oster speaks Hebrew, French, Mandarin Chinese and English.

Awards

Oster has won numerous awards in the US, Europe and Asia for reporting across a broad spectrum of topics from Saudi Arabia's economic and energy issues to inequality and the elite in China. These are some of his more prominent honors.

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  2. ↑ "Shai Oster". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on April 10, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Columbia Journalism School E-News" (PDF). Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. June 1, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners: International Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-05. With reprints of 10 works (Wall Street Journal articles June 12 to December 27, 2006).
  5. ↑ Oster, Shai (November 6, 2007). "Why Chinese Dam Is Forcing Yet Another Mass Exodus" . The Wall Street Journal. Chongqing, China: Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ Oster, Shai (January 22, 2010). "More Three Gorges Relocations" . China Realtime Report. The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  7. ↑ Bercovici, Jeff (December 16, 2009). "That Times-Journal Feud, and the Two-Year-Old Story Behind It". Invest. Daily Finance. AOL, Inc. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Shai Oster". ChinaFile: Contributor. Asia Society. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ Robinson, Matthew (June 16, 2000). "Phillips Foundation 7th Annual Journalism Fellowship Awards". Human Events. 56 (22): 20. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ ""The Legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics" talk by Shai Oster" (PDF). Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Confucius Institute. October 24, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Dow Jones Newswires Reporter Secures "Online Journalist of the Year" Award". bobsguide. London: MyGuides Ltd. March 10, 2005. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  12. ↑ Shai Oster and Jane Spencer, "A Poison Spreads Amid China's Boom: Dangerously high levels of lead are discovered in many children ...". The Wall Street Journal. September 30, 2006. Reprint at The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  13. ↑ "Previous Award Winners". George Polk Awards, Long Island University. Long Island University. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Shai Oster Of The Wall Street Journal Wins Asia Society Osborn Elliott Journalism Prize" (Press release). New York (U.S.): Asia Society. June 20, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
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