Keith Richburg Washington Post Panel 2007

Keith Richburg is an

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and former foreign correspondent who spent more than 30 years working for ''

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''. He is currently director of the

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of the

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. Since February 2021, he has been President of the Hong Kong

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Journalism

Keith Richburg is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He attended the

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, the

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(BA, 1980) and the

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(MSc. 1985). He served as a foreign correspondent for ''The Washington Post'' in Southeast Asia from 1986 until 1990; in Africa from 1991 through 1994; in Hong Kong from 1995 through 2000; and in Paris from 2000 until mid-2005. He was Foreign Editor of ''The Post'', and was chief of the

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bureau of ''The Post'' from 2007 until 2010. He was a China correspondent for ''The Post'' based in

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and

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from 2009 to 2012. He also covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, riding a horse partway across the

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, a journey he chronicled in ''The Post's'' Style section. He is the author of ''Out of America'', which detailed his experiences as a correspondent in

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, during which he witnessed the

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, a

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, and a

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. Richburg's book provoked controversy in the

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community due to its perceived criticism of Africans.

After the ''Post''

In spring 2013, he retired from the ''Washington Post'' and took up several teaching roles, including teaching international reporting at

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and as a Resident Fellow at the

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. During this period he also served as editor-at-large and a visiting professor at the

’s

, and in 2016 became its director, upon the retirement of founder and long-time director Yuen-Ying Chan.Keith Richburg appointed as new director of the JMSC
JMSC press release, 30 March 2016

Foreign Correspondents' Club

On 13 February 2021, Richburg was unanimously (by the board) elected President of the Hong Kong

. His selection came as media in Hong Kong were under great stress from the new National Security Law, including the closure a few months earlier of the city's leading newspaper, ''

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''.Message from our new President Keith Richburg
FCC Announcement, 19/02/2021

Books

References

External links

Richburg's home page
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