Ray Anderson (journalist)
Ray Anderson | |
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Born | Raymond Harold Anderson |
Education | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire University of Wisconsin–Madison Columbia University |
Occupation(s) | Political journalist Professor |
Ray Anderson is an American journalist who worked at The New York Times as a foreign correspondent. He is also a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Journalism.
Life and education
Anderson joined the
Career
When he returned from Denmark, Anderson began his career in journalism at a small newspaper in
Eventually Anderson became a foreign correspondent. His first assignment was in Moscow. He spent three years in Russia, where he covered, among other things, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. While working in Moscow, Anderson played a central role in publishing Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov's essay "Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom." Of the events that led to the publication, Pavel Litvinov, a peace activist, wrote:
Karel gave the essay to Ray Anderson, a young, inexperienced, but also intelligent and honorable correspondent of the New York Times...after some delay, Ray Anderson sent it to the United States, where it was published in full in the New York Times on July 22. Sakharov's essay became a world sensation. In 1968-1969 more than 18 million copies of it were published around the world in more than a dozen languages.[3]
After his stint in Moscow, Anderson went to Cairo where he covered the War of Attrition. "At one point, President Gamal Abdel Nasser attacked Anderson personally on the air for breaking a story he did not want published."[4] Anderson also spent time as a foreign correspondent in Lebanon, Syria and most of Eastern Europe.
Anderson was on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Journalism School from 1981 to 1996. He taught graduate courses that dealt with specialized reporting, feature writing, public affairs reporting, foreign reporting and editorial and column writing. While a professor at Madison, he would often return to the New York Times during summers and work at the copy desk. He also spent time working at the International Herald Tribune.[5]
References
- ^ "The University of Wisconsin Collection - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries".
- ^ "The University of Wisconsin Collection - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries".
- ISBN 9789287169471.
- ^ "The University of Wisconsin Collection - Collection - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries".
- ^ "Affiliated & Emeritus Faculty | School of Journalism and Mass Communication". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-03-15.