Tristan McConnell
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Tristan McConnell is a writer and foreign correspondent based in Kenya.[1][unreliable source] He has been a correspondent for The Times, The Economist, Monocle, GlobalPost and Agence France-Presse.[2][unreliable source]
Early life[edit]
McConnell attended The King's School, Canterbury, before studying social anthropology at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3][unreliable source]
Career[edit]
McConnell has lived and worked in Africa since 2004.
He has reported from dozens of countries, including Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Mali, and Uganda[4][unreliable source] writing both long-form and news stories.[5][self-published source] In 2016, he won awards from the Overseas Press Club of America,[6] the Prix Bayeux for War Correspondents,[7] and the Society for Features Journalism[8] for his long-form account of a terrorist attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.[9]
He has been a finalist for numerous Kurt Schork awards, including in 2007,[10] 2014[11] and 2015,[12] and has been short-listed for others.[13][unreliable source]
His articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker,[14] Harper's Magazine,[15][unreliable source] GQ,[16][unreliable source] Columbia Journalism Review,[17] New York,[18] and Foreign Policy.[19][unreliable source]
References[edit]
- ^ "Tristan McConnell". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Tristan McConnell". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Tristan McConnell". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Tristan McConnell". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "bio". tristanmcconnell.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Ed Cunningham Award 2015". opcofamerica.org. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "23rd edition of the Bayeux-Calvados Award". prixbayeux.org. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "SFJ 28th Annual Award Winners by Category". featuresjournalism.org. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Close Your Eyes and Pretend to be Dead". foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Kurt Schork Memorial Fund Previous Winners".
- ^ "Kurt Schork Awards: 2014 Shortlisted Entries". news.trust.org. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "2015 Kurt Schork Awards winners announced". news.trust.org. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Tristan McConnell". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Contributors". newyorker.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "author". harpers.org. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "contributor". gq.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "One Man's Rwanda". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Kenyans Couldn't Be More Excited for the President's Visit. The Elaborate Preparations Are Being Called 'Obamacare.'". Daily Intelligencer. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Tristan McConnell | Foreign Policy". 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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