John F. Burns

Journalist

Birthday October 4, 1944

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace England

Age 80 years old

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About

British journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who served as London bureau chief for The New York Times in 2007.

Before Fame

He attended McGill University after emigrating to Canada from England.

Trivia

He has won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice; once in 1993 for his coverage of the Bosnian War and again in 1997 for his reporting on the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Family Life

His wife Jane Scott-Long managed the New York Times' Baghdad Bureau.

Associated With

He was a frequent guest on the Charlie Rose show.