ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2008 -- Nicholas Kristof, distinguished journalist and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work with The New York Times, will give a free talk at Chapman University on Tuesday, September 2 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. For more information, the public can call (714) 744-7026.


Kristof's op-ed columns, which appear twice weekly in The New York Times, address a variety of global issues, ranging from the war in Iraq to the sexual enslavement and trafficking of young women in the Far East. He has lived on four continents, reported on six, and traveled to 140 countries.


Kristof joined the Times in 1984, became a foreign correspondent, and served as the paper’s bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. He and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, also a noted journalist, won the Pulitzer in 1990 for their coverage of China’s Tienanmen Square democracy movement. Kristof received his second Pulitzer in 2006 for his graphic, deeply reported columns on the genocide in Darfur. He and WuDunn are the authors of two books and are currently completing a book about women in the developing world.


This event is presented by Chapman University's Associated Students, with support from the Office of the Chancellor and the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education.


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