Steven Erlanger
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Steven J. Erlanger is an American journalist who has been the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times since July 2004. Erlanger joined the Times in September 1987.
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[edit] Career
After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1974 with an A.B. in political philosophy, Erlanger was a teaching fellow at Harvard from 1975 to 1983. Concurrent with this billet, he was a correspondent for the Boston Globe beginning in 1976, where he served in various posts on the national and foreign desks.
Erlanger's previous posts at the Times include:
- metropolitan reporter (1987-88)
- Southeast Asia correspondent and Bangkok bureau chief (October 1988-May 1991)
- Moscow correspondent (March 1992-94) and bureau chief (May 1994-January 1996)
- chief diplomatic correspondent, based in Washington (January 1996-January 1999)
- bureau chief for Central Europe and the Balkans, based in Prague (January 1999-2001)
- Berlin bureau chief (August 2001-2)
- cultural news editor (December 2002-June 2004)
[edit] Controversies
In his position as the Middle East Bureau chief, he is often accused by pro-Israel media watchdog groups, such as CAMERA of being biased in favor of the Palestinians[citation needed].
[edit] Awards
- 1981 - Robert Livingston Award for international reporting for a series of articles about Eastern Europe
- 2000 - German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize for excellence and originality in reporting and analyzing European and transatlantic affairs
- 2001 - ASNE's Jesse Laventhol Prize for deadline reporting for his work in the former Yugoslavia
[edit] Personal
Erlanger is the son of Jay and Florence Erlanger[1].
He is married to Elisabeth Erlanger.
Erlanger graduated from The Taft School in 1970.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Colonial Worker in Boston, 1775. Washington: U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1975. ASIN: B0006W3PG8
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths ERLANGER, FLORENCE C., RN." The New York Times, 5 April 2006.
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