Andrew Jacobs (journalist)
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Andrew Jacobs | |
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| Born | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | New York University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The New York Times |
| Known for | Directed and produced Four Seasons Lodge (2008), a documentary |
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Andrew Jacobs is an American correspondent for The New York Times. He has been based in Beijing, China, since April 2008, covering the country for The New York Times. He is also the director and producer of a 2008 documentary, Four Seasons Lodge.
Jacobs, who is Jewish and one of three children, was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Martin G. Jacobs, a nephrologist, and Barbara Jacobs.[1][2][3] His sisters are Wendy, a county commissioner in Durham, North Carolina, and Ellen, a psychotherapist in Manhattan, New York City.[3] He grew up in South Orange, New Jersey.[4] He graduated from Columbia High School, and from New York University, where he studied architecture and urban design.[2][4][5][6]
In 1989, Jacobs was an English teacher at Hubei University in Wuhan, China.[2][7] He served as press secretary for Tom Duane during his successful run for the New York City Council in 1991.[2]
Journalism career
Jacobs contributed to the Associated Press, The Village Voice, and New York Newsday during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] Later, he served as editor of Manhattan Spirit and Our Town, founded and was news editor of QW magazine, and edited a number of New York City newsweeklies, including The Brooklyn Phoenix and The Villager.[2][8][9]
He began writing for The New York Times in 1995.[10][11] He has reported for various New York Times desks, including National, Business, Culture, and Styles.[10] In April 2008, he served as a New York Times correspondent in Beijing, China.[10][11] His writing focuses on Chinese politics, including Uighur-Han Chinese relations, Chen Guangcheng's escape, and the loss of power of Bo Xilai.[7][12] He returned to the US in 2016 and now covers international health issues for the organization.
Awards
In 2002, he was part of a team of reporters who won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the September 11 attacks in Manhattan.[2][10] In 2009, Jacobs was part of a team of reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting related to the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.[13]
In 2009, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) acknowledged his coverage of the government's crackdown on dissent during the Beijing Olympics entitled "In the Shadow of the Olympics" with an honorable mention in the category Excellence in Human Rights Reporting.[14][15] In 2010, SOPA acknowledged him and several other New York Times writers with the Award for Excellence in the category Excellence in Feature Writing for Uneasy Engagement, a 10-part series that explored China's growing influence in the world.[10][14] In 2011, he and a group of New York Times reporters were finalists for a Gerald Loeb Award, for their reporting on Google's clash with the Chinese government over censorship issues.[10][16]
