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Howard W. French is an American journalist, author, photographer, and Columbia University professor. He was born on October 14, 1957 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1979 with a degree in English and American literature.
French began his career as a journalist in 1981, working for the Associated Press in Tokyo, Japan. He then moved to the New York Times in 1984, where he worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. He was the Times' bureau chief in Shanghai from 2002 to 2008.
French has written two books, A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa (2004) and China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa (2014). He has also written for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books.
French is currently a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches courses on international reporting and photography. He is also a contributing photographer for National Geographic.
As of 2021, Howard W. French's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.
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Howard Waring French |
| Occupation |
journalist, author, photographer, Columbia University professor |
| Age |
67 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
14 October, 1957 |
| Birthday |
14 October |
| Birthplace |
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Howard W. French Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Howard W. French's Wife?
His wife is Agnès French
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Agnès French |
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Howard W. French Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Howard W. French worth at the age of 67 years old? Howard W. French’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. He is from . We have estimated
Howard W. French's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Journalist |
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Timeline
In addition to covering China as Shanghai Bureau Chief for the Times, French worked as a weekly columnist on regional affairs for The International Herald Tribune. In addition to his 2017 book, "Everything Under the Heavens: How China's Past Helps Shape its Push for Global Power", French is also the author of China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa, published by Knopf in 2014, and A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa (Knopf, 2004). French is also an internationally exhibited documentary photographer, whose multi-year project called "Disappearing Shanghai", photographing the rapidly shrinking old quarters of Shanghai, was shown in Asia, Europe and the United States. A book containing this work, Disappearing Shanghai: Photographs and Poems of an Intimate Way of Life, was published in 2012, in collaboration with the novelist and poet Qiu Xiaolong.
French has also reported on the political and social affairs in China, where he covered the growth of civil society, the government crackdown of dissent in the Dongzhou protests of 2005, and the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, among other topics. His most recent work for The New York Times was centered on China where he was the paper's Shanghai bureau chief, from 2003 to 2008.
In addition to his native English, French speaks Mandarin, French, and Portuguese. He became Tokyo bureau chief for the Times in 1999, after a year studying Japanese at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He has written for The New York Review of Books and also contributed frequently to The Atlantic and to "The Guardian Longreads".
From 1998 to 2003, French was Tokyo Bureau Chief for the Times, covering Japan and the Koreas.
From 1994 to 1998, French covered West and Central Africa for the Times, reporting on wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Central Africa, with particular attention to the fall of the longtime dictator of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko.
French was New York Times bureau chief for the Caribbean and Central America from 1990 to 1994; he covered Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and numerous other countries. He was one of the newspaper's first black correspondents.
French was a university instructor in the Ivory Coast in the 1980s before becoming a reporter. He has reported extensively on the political affairs of Western and Central Africa. These reports were the basis for the book A Continent for the Taking.
Howard Waring French (born October 14, 1957) is an American journalist, author, and photographer, as well as professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to re-entering academia, he was a longtime foreign correspondent and senior writer with The New York Times. His latest book is Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power (Knopf, March 2017).
