Beijing bureau
Barbara Demick, Bureau Chief
Barbara Demick is Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, formerly bureau chief in Seoul. Her reporting on North Korea has been recognized with awards from the Asia Society, the Overseas Press Club and the American Academy of Diplomacy. She joined The Times in 2001 after serving as a foreign correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. At the Inquirer, she won the George Polk Award for international reporting and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for international reporting and was a Pulitzer finalist. Demick is the author of "Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood" and "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea."
Email: barbara.demick@latimes.com
Twitter: @barbarademick
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