Yaroslav Trofimov

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Yaroslav Trofimov
Born1969 (age 5455)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, journalist, and columnist
Genre Literary nonfiction
Website
www.yarotrof.com

Yaroslav Trofimov (born 1969) is a Ukrainian-born [1] Italian author and journalist who serves as chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal . Previously he wrote a weekly column on the Greater Middle East, Middle East Crossroads, [2] in The Wall Street Journal. He has been a foreign correspondent for the publication since 1999, covering the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Prior to 2015 he was The Wall Street Journal's bureau chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Awards

He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for two consecutive years, in 2023 for his coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine [3] and in 2022 for reporting on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, [4] received the Arthur Ross Media Award for his coverage of Ukraine, [5] won the Overseas Press Club award for foreign reporting on India, [6] won the SAJA Daniel Pearl award for the outstanding story on South Asia in 2007 and shared the SAJA award for coverage of the Mumbai bombing in 2008, [7] among other honors. In 2021 and 2023 he was awarded the Overseas Press Club Flora Lewis award citation for best commentary on international news. [8] [9]

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Notes

  1. "Yaroslav Trofimov's evacuation from Kabul in WSJ".
  2. "Yaroslav Trofimov in WSJ".
  3. "Pulitzer Winners 2023".
  4. "Pulitzer Winners 2022".
  5. "Ross Arthur Award 2022".
  6. "OPC Winners – 2007".
  7. "SAJA Awards – 2008 and -9 sections" . Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. "OPC Winners – 2021".
  9. "OPC Winners – 2023".
  10. "Longlist – Authors 2006".
  11. "Barnes and Noble Discover Awards".
  12. "Washington Institute for Near East Policy Book Prize" . Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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