Experience

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  Bloomberg Industry Group

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Editor-Reporter

    • Jan 2020 - Present
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    I work on special editorial projects and steer coverage of AI for Bloomberg Law. Before taking my current role, I pioneered our crypto coverage and edited articles on sustainability, tax and accounting.

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  The New York Times

  • Paris

  • Staff writer

    • 2008 - Oct 2017
    • Paris

    I pioneered real-time overseas business news reporting for The New York Times, covering the biggest stories of the era, including the global financial crisis and the eurozone meltdown.

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  The International Herald Tribune

  • Paris

  • Editor

    • 1999 - Oct 2008
    • Paris

    As a business editor, I worked with global correspondents to turn breaking news and enterprise writing into the high-quality journalism demanded of the (late) IHT's exacting standards.Working in Hong Kong for the years 2002-2004, I conceived and produced (with help from Bloomberg News) the Business Asia by Bloomberg section that appeared daily in the IHT.

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  Yamaichi Securities

  • Tokyo

  • Translator

    • Sep 1996 - Nov 1997
    • Tokyo

    Translated economic and financial reports in the research institute of a major (though now spectacularly defunct) Japanese financial institution.

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  AP-Dow Jones

  • Correspondent, Tokyo and New York

    • Aug 1993 - May 1996

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  Far Eastern Economic Review

  • Hong Kong and Bangkok

  • Reporter (intern)

    • 1992 - 1992
    • Hong Kong and Bangkok

    Interned for one summer at the greatest East Asian newsmagazine, now sadly just a memory.

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  Consulate General of Japan in New York

  • New York, New York

  • Media analyst and press liaison

    • 1990 - 1991
    • New York, New York

    I analyzed American news coverage of Japan in regular and special reports for the Japanese Foreign Ministry. I also handled press inquiries and wrote speeches for Foreign Ministry diplomats.

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  US Marine Corps

  • Marine

    • Sep 1981 - Sep 1985

    Enlisted in the US Marine Corps after high school. Served four years as a communications technician. Honorable discharge.