Michael R. Meyer
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Michael Meyer | |
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Born | Michael Ryder Meyer |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Media |
Michael Ryder Meyer is the former Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at
Before his post at the United Nations, Meyer was at Newsweek Magazine for two decades. From 2001 to 2007 he was Europe Editor for Newsweek International, where he also oversaw the magazine's coverage of the Middle East and Asia.[6]
He wrote The Year That Changed The World: The Untold Story of The Fall of The Berlin Wall. His previous book, The Alexander Complex was published by Times Books.[when?]
He has written for The New York Times.[7]
Biography
Early life and education
He holds a B.A. from
Career
Meyer worked at The Washington Post and Congressional Quarterly before joining Newsweek in 1988.
Between 1988 and 1992, Meyer was Newsweek's bureau chief for Germany, Central Europe and the Balkans, writing more than 20 cover stories on the break-up of communist Europe and German unification. During this period, he witnessed firsthand many of the key events of 1989 and the fall of communism, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the revolutions of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland. He was the last western journalist to interview the Romanian dictator,
From 1993 through 1999, Meyer was the general editor for business and technology at
From 1999 to 2001, Meyer took a sabbatical from Newsweek to work on a diplomatic posting with the United Nations mission in Kosovo, where he was a senior staff officer for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with principal responsibility for nation-building and civil society. He was hired to start the first news agency in that region and was founding director of KosovaLive. He returned to Newsweek in 2001 as Europe Editor for Newsweek International, where he also oversaw the magazine's coverage of the Middle East and Asia.
Works
- "A Break in the Fence". Newsweek. May 4, 2009.
- "The Wink That Changed the World This is the way the Warsaw Pact folded, not with a bang but a gesture." slate, July 6, 2009
- "Scaling the Berlin Wall", The Daily Beast, October 31, 2009
Books
- The Year that Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Simon and Schuster. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4165-5845-3.
- The Alexander Complex. ISBN 978-0-8129-1662-1.
References
- ^ Meyer, Michael (8 November 2013). "Opinion | A Litmus Test for Kenya". The New York Times.
- ^ "Dr Alex Awiti and Dean Michael Meyer". Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
- ^ "Michael Meyer".
- ^ [1] UN News Centre 10 May 2007
- ^ "UN Connections - Issue No. 72 - WFUNA". Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
- ^ http://www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace/events/2009/oct/27/room-view-fall-berlin-wall/ [dead link]
- ^ Meyer, Michael (8 November 2013). "Opinion | A Litmus Test for Kenya". The New York Times.