Terry McCarthy (journalist)

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Terry McCarthy
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Born7 June 1961 (1961-06-07) (age 62)
London, UK
EducationBA University College Dublin
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Writer
  • CEO
SpouseJennifer McCarthy
Children4

Terry McCarthy is CEO of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), where he oversees live events on films and TV series, as well as the ASC's technology committees, education programs, and the publishing of its 100-year old magazine, American Cinematographer. [1] He previously headed the American Academy in Berlin and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. McCarthy was a foreign correspondent for 27 years, based in Bangkok, Tokyo, Shanghai, Kabul and Baghdad, and won four Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He has worked with The Independent, TIME Magazine, ABC News and CBS News.

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Career

The Independent

McCarthy was affiliated with The Independent from 1987 to 1995. He served as a Southeast Asia correspondent in Bangkok and later as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. His coverage included the coup in Burma, at which time he interviewed Aung San Suu Kyi during her house arrest. [7] He also reported on the death of Kim Il Sung, and was the first reporter for a British newspaper to enter North Korea after the leader's death. [8] Additionally, he covered the coup in Thailand, the war in Sri Lanka, and the economic and societal developments in Japan. [9] [10] [11]

Time

During his tenure at TIME (1998-2005), McCarthy served as the Los Angeles Bureau Chief and East Asia Correspondent in Shanghai. [12] [13] He wrote about China's internet and car industries, the fall of Indonesian dictator Suharto and the death of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. From LA he did in-depth stories about the Green River serial killer in Seattle, the fight over new oil drilling in Alaska and the science of sharks. Immediately after 9/11 McCarthy went to Afghanistan to cover the ousting of the Taliban from Kabul, and in 2003 he covered the US invasion of Iraq. He set up TIME’s bureaus in Kabul and Baghdad. In both 2004 and 2005, McCarthy received an Emmy award for a joint ABC-Times News Series on Iraq. [2] [3]

ABC News

McCarthy was foreign correspondent for ABC News in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America from 2006 to 2009. He was the Principal Baghdad Correspondent during the US surge in Iraq and covered the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein. [14] [15] He traveled down the Yangtze River in China, focusing on the economic, political and environmental impact of the man-made waterway. [16] He covered life in Mexico City during the swine flu epidemic of 2009, [17] and filmed inside the eye of a category 4 hurricane off Florida in a C 130 hurricane hunter. [18] In 2008, he won an Emmy for the series Iraq: Where Things Stand for ABC World News with Charlie Gibson. [4] [19] [20]

CBS News

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with Terry McCarthy Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with Terry McCarthy.jpg
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with Terry McCarthy

During his time at CBS News (2009-2011), McCarthy reported on the Middle East, Central Asia and China. [21] While in Afghanistan, he was embedded with the 3rd Battalion 1st Marines, also known as the Thundering Third. [22] His coverage focused on the 1st EOD Company, a team of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (bomb disposal) experts, which aired as part of the Afghanistan: The Road Ahead series on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. [23] He followed Egypt’s anti-Mubarak revolution in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, traced the steps of the al Qaeda “underpants bomber” in Yemen, traveled along China's Silk Road, reported on Shanghai's real estate boom and did in-depth reporting on cyber-attacks on US corporations. [24] [25] [26] [27] In 2011, McCarthy received an Emmy for Outstanding Continuing Coverage and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Video News Series for his work on the Afghan Bomb Squad. [5] [6] [28] [29]

Los Angeles World Affairs Council

In 2012, McCarthy was appointed president and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, a foreign affairs forum. [30] He interviewed speakers including Timothy Geithner, Elon Musk, Stanley McChrystal, John McCain and Bill Clinton. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] He produced two conferences on The Future of Asia in 2016 and 2017 and a conference on the Future of the Automobile in 2018. [36] [37] [38]

American Academy in Berlin

From September 2018 to April 2019, McCarthy was the president of the American Academy in Berlin, [39] which was established in 1994 by Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke and other distinguished Germans and Americans to foster greater understanding and dialogue between the United States and Germany. McCarthy interviewed German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Russian writer Masha Gessen, US Ambassador and former N Korean envoy Christopher R. Hill and President of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, Daniel H. Weiss. [40] [41] [42] [43]

Awards and recognition

Public events

McCarthy is a frequent speaker and moderator for programs that focus on the media and foreign coverage, American foreign policy, events in the Middle East, and the rise of China. [46] [47] [48] He also provides commentary and expert opinions for publications including The New York Times [49] [50] and Yale Global Online. [51] McCarthy presented a TEDx talk titled The Cost of War in 2014. [52]

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References

  1. ↑ ASC hires Terry McCarthy
  2. 1 2 3 NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS 25th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards
  3. 1 2 3 NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS 26th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards
  4. 1 2 3 29th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards
  5. 1 2 3 32ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS
  6. 1 2 3 2011 Edward R. Murrow Awards National Winners
  7. ↑ Woman of peace takes on military
  8. ↑ Inside North Korea: Kim's Great Illusion Fades Fast
  9. ↑ Thai leader's hunger-strike focuses on influence of military
  10. ↑ Sri Lanka Mourns and Fears for Future
  11. ↑ Trying to Read Japanese Signs
  12. ↑ The Stolen Generation Time article written by Terry McCarthy 24 September 2000
  13. ↑ ABC Bio
  14. ↑ Gen. Petreaus's Calculated Risks
  15. ↑ Why Saddam's Death May Not Matter
  16. ↑ Reporter's Notebook: A Journey Down the Yangtze
  17. ↑ "Swine Flu Drives Mexicans From Streets". ABC News . Archived from the original on 2009-05-01.
  18. ↑ "Mexico Braces for Category 5 Monster". ABC News .
  19. ↑ Terry McCarthy News on IMDB
  20. ↑ Where Things Stand: Iraq Can Survive
  21. ↑ Terry McCarthy Jumps from ABC to CBS by Chris Ariens. Published 26 June 2009.
  22. ↑ Following the Thundering Third in Afghanistan
  23. ↑ Afghanistan: The Road Ahead
  24. ↑ CBS News Tahrir Square
  25. ↑ CBS News Yemen Bomber
  26. ↑ CBS News Silk Road
  27. ↑ CBS News Shanghai Market Boom
  28. ↑ CBS News Wins 10 News and Documentary Emmys
  29. ↑ Afghan Bomb Squad
  30. ↑ Los Angeles World Affairs Council website
  31. ↑ Terry McCarthy Interviews Timothy Geithner
  32. ↑ Terry McCarthy Interviews Elon Musk
  33. ↑ Terry McCarthy Interviews Stanley McChrystal
  34. ↑ Senator John McCain at LAWAC
  35. ↑ Terry McCarthy Interviews Bill Clinton
  36. ↑ Future of Asia Conference 2016
  37. ↑ Future of Asia Conference 2017
  38. ↑ Future of the Automobile Conference
  39. ↑ PR Newswire: New President for the American Academy in Berlin
  40. ↑ Talk with Frank-Walter Steinmeier
  41. ↑ Interview with Terry McCarthy and Masha Gessen
  42. ↑ North Korea: Challenges for American Foreign Policy
  43. ↑ Museums, Society and the Public Interest
  44. ↑ Human Rights Press Awards 2001
  45. ↑ Emmy Award Winning Correspondent Awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature
  46. ↑ Terry McCarthy: Reflections of a War Correspondent
  47. ↑ Loyola Marymount University hosts Terry McCarthy
  48. ↑ Politicon speaker Terry McCarthy
  49. ↑ Is it WWIII or Just Twitter? by Maureen Dowd
  50. ↑ Little R-S-P-E-C-T by Maureen Dowd
  51. ↑ China’s Aggressive Stance Reveals Lack of Coordination
  52. ↑ The Cost of War TEDxUCD
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