Filkins biography
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Filkins biography
Dexter Filkins
American journalist and war correspondent (born 1961)
Dexter Price Filkins (born May 24, 1961) is an American journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for The New York Times.
He was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his dispatches from Afghanistan, and won a Pulitzer in 2009 as part of a team of Times reporters for their dispatches from Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has been called "the premier combat journalist of his generation".[1] He currently writes for The New Yorker.
Background
Filkins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in Florida after his parents divorced.
He has a sister and an older brother.[2]
Filkins received a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida in 1983, and a Master of Philosophy in international relations from Oxford University (1984), where he was a student of St Antony's College.[3][4]
Career
Before joining the Tim