Karen Attiah
Karen Attiah | |
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Desoto, Texas, United States | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Northwestern University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
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Karen Attiah (born August 12, 1986) is an American writer, journalist, and editor. She is Global Opinions editor and columnist for The Washington Post. Along with David Ignatius, Attiah won a 2019 George Polk Award for their writing about the murder of their colleague Jamal Khashoggi. She was also named 2019 Journalist of the Year Award by the National Association of Black Journalists for her coverage of Khashoggi's murder. Her writing focuses on race, gender, culture, human rights and international affairs.
Early life
Attiah was born in 1986 in
Career
After graduate school, Attiah freelanced for the Associated Press from Curaçao. In 2014, she joined the Washington Post. She was the founding editor for the Post's Global Opinions section in 2016 and was promoted to the role of Opinions columnist in 2021.[4]
Attiah became the focus of international attention in October 2018 when a columnist she had recruited for the Washington Post's Global Opinions section, Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, went missing on 2 October 2018 after entering the Saudi embassy in Istanbul.[5] In an interview in Marie Claire, Attiah said her WhatsApp was suddenly flooded with "Jamal's missing" messages, and she felt she knew the worst had happened.[6] On October 5, two days after his disappearance, Attiah let his column space remain blank with the title "A missing voice".[7] Since then she has been interviewed by major news outlets as the primary contact for Khashoggi's last published opinion, and she began writing about his death and advocating for investigation.
In 2019, she received a number of awards for her efforts. She and David Ignatius won a
Attiah was also awarded the 2018 NABJ Salute to Excellence award for Digital Commentary for "TL;DR with Karen Attiah", which ran from 2017 to 2018. [11] [12] She was also the recipient of the 2021 "Star to Watch" award by Washingtonian Magazine.[13]
In July 2019, Attiah accused
Beginning in March 2024, Attiah will be an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. Attiah is the author of an upcoming book about Khashoggi called Say Your Word, Then Leave.[3]
References
- ^ kyeremeh, Fred (2018-11-24). "Meet Washington Post Editor Karen Attiah". Ghanaian American Journal. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ "Bergen County Native Shares Coronavirus Survival Story". Mahwah, NJ Patch. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ a b c ""All I Can Do is Tell My Truth." | Columbia SIPA". www.sipa.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Interview about Attiah-Khasshoggi Global Opinion collaboration, Robin Wright's New Yorker collaboration with him, and Sarah Margon's interpretation as Washington director of Human Rights Watch on C-SPAN, 17 October 2018
- ^ 17 October 2018 Article in Marie Claire by Kayla Webley Adler
- ^ Washington Post Opinions tweet on 5 October 2018
- ^ "Ghanaian American Karen Attiah receives top NABJ award". Africa Times. 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ "Karen Attiah". The Root. 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ Sheriff, Sarah. "2019 Commencement Citations". www.dickinson.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "NABJ Names Karen Attiah 2019 Journalist of the Year". 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "TL;DR with Karen Attiah - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "Photos & Video from the 8th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards - Washingtonian". 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- MSN News.
Make no mistake: Nancy Pelosi's dogwhistling snipes at @AOC, Ilhan Omar, @RashidaTlaib and @RepPressley helped pave the way for this vicious, racist attack from the president.
- ^ McElroy, Damien (23 November 2020). "France claims fake news after 'Muslim IDs for children' plan spreads online". The National.
- ^ "Itinerary of a fake news: how France was accused of failing young Muslims". The Canadian. 2020-11-23.
External links
- Wordpress blog kept by Karen Attiah
- 18-Oct-2018 interview of Attiah in New York Times