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Pekka Mykkänen

@PekkaJMykkanen

Pekka Mykkänen, a 2004 Nieman Fellow, was the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily in Finland, from 2006 to 2010. He reported for the newspaper from China as its Asia correspondent from 1998 to 2003.

Pekka Mykkänen, NF ’04

Mykkänen has been a reporter for Helsingin Sanomat since 1995 The story I tell most often is about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, a former Finnish president who, as a spy…
Piecing Together a Mosaic of America

Piecing Together a Mosaic of America

‘As a foreign correspondent, my challenge was to tell stories about America in ways that would connect with my Finnish audience—both in print and through my multimedia presentations …’

Adding Radio and Video Web Casts to Political News in Print

‘… am I becoming the first correspondent in my paper’s history who has no time to think?’