Author

Patrick J. McDonnell

Patrick J. McDonnell, a 2000 Nieman Fellow, is the former Baghdad bureau chief and current bureau chief in Buenos Aires for the Los Angeles Times.

Bringing Iraqi Voices Into the Conversation About Their Country

A Washington Post correspondent’s book ‘is not a policy screed or a compilation of talking heads and experts.’
December 15, 2005

Training Iraqi Translators How to Act as Reporters

With concerns about safety, ‘our interpreters became something much more than translators.’
June 15, 2005

Why Reporters Should Want to Cover Immigration

It’s a big and important story. Editors don’t interfere much. And the public cares about the issues.
December 15, 2002