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==Life== |
==Life== |
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She is a graduate of [[John Carroll University]]. |
She is a graduate of [[John Carroll University]] and a native of Painesville, Ohio. |
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In 1994, she joined the AP in [[Johannesburg, South Africa]], |
In 1994, she joined the AP in [[Johannesburg, South Africa]]. After three years covering post-Apartheid South Africa, she then worked for the AP in Miami, Little Rock and Boston before joining the international desk in the New York headquarters. In 2001, she was promoted to Caribbean news editor in San Juan, Puerto Rico. From 2001 to 2005, her primary assignments included Haiti and Guantanamo where she broke several stories about abuse in the U.S. prison camp. In 2005, she was named London bureau chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_021805a.html |title=Paisley Dodds named AP bureau chief in London |publisher=Ap.org |date=2005-02-18 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> |
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She is the recipient of the George Polk award for her foreign reporting in Haiti. She also won the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award, the Enterprise Reporting Award from the AP Managing Editors Association and the Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award for her investigative reporting at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo. |
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She has covered the [[South Africa]] election, revolts in [[Haiti]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/523.html |title=Paisley Dodds, Haiti-Spirit Politics |publisher=Hartford-hwp.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> [[Guantanamo]],<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/Guantanamo-Abuse-Testimonies31may05.htm |title=Tales of Abuse, Forced Confessions in Guantanamo Testimonies PAISLEY DODDS / AP 31may2005 |publisher=Mindfully.org |date= |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/european-countries-consid_n_153237.html |title=European countries consider taking Gitmo detainees |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sailanmuslim.com/news/israel-trying-to-dodge-overseas-prosecution-by-amy-teibel-and-paisley-dodds-ap/ |title=ISRAEL TRYING TO DODGE OVERSEAS PROSECUTION. By AMY TEIBEL and PAISLEY DODDS (AP) | Sailan Muslim - The Online Resource for Sri Lankan Muslims |publisher=Sailan Muslim |date=2009-10-04 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> |
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During her watch as AP's London bureau chief, the AP came under withering criticism from U.S. newspaper editors and anti-war critics for neglecting to immediately report contents of the British government's "Downing Street Memos" regarding alleged U.S. and British motives for invading Iraq. A top AP executive later admitted that the AP had "dropped the ball" by failing to immediately report contents of the memos which were first revealed by the British press. Thereafter, the AP London bureau began to aggressively report on the memos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/14/ap_memo |title=AP dropped the ball on the Downing memo - Eric Boehlert |publisher=Salon.com |date=2005-06-14 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> |
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Dodds, during a visit to Pakistan, had a scare when she was in a chaotic procession accompanying former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto on her return to Pakistan. In a first-person article, she explained why she failed to witness the bomb blast that killed Bhutto. She was, she wrote, exhausted and frightened when she "climbed off the convoy and headed back to the hotel to write. I felt relief. Then local news reported the bomb blasts."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://naijanet.com/news/source/2007/oct/19/1002.html |title=News - Pakistan: Bombing turns Bhutto's triumph to horror |publisher=Naijanet.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> |
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Dodds' has relished the chance to write about examples of supposed "white male privilege" in British society. When reporting on efforts by Britain’s spy agency to recruit more minorities, she wrote: "Bond. Jane Bond. Britain's secret spy agency, home to the very white and very male 007, is hunting for women and minorities to tackle global terrorism." <ref>{{cite web|last=Dodds |first=Paisley |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-13-3197692512_x.htm |title=Jane Bond? British recruiters seek female spies |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2008-07-13 |accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Revision as of 11:55, 8 December 2010
Paisley Dodds is an American journalist, and London bureau chief for The Associated Press.
Life
She is a graduate of John Carroll University and a native of Painesville, Ohio. In 1994, she joined the AP in Johannesburg, South Africa. After three years covering post-Apartheid South Africa, she then worked for the AP in Miami, Little Rock and Boston before joining the international desk in the New York headquarters. In 2001, she was promoted to Caribbean news editor in San Juan, Puerto Rico. From 2001 to 2005, her primary assignments included Haiti and Guantanamo where she broke several stories about abuse in the U.S. prison camp. In 2005, she was named London bureau chief.[1] She is the recipient of the George Polk award for her foreign reporting in Haiti. She also won the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award, the Enterprise Reporting Award from the AP Managing Editors Association and the Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award for her investigative reporting at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo.
Awards
- 2004 George Polk Award [2]
References
- ^ "Paisley Dodds named AP bureau chief in London". Ap.org. 2005-02-18. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ^ "AP/Whats New". Ap.org. 2004-02-21. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
External links
- "Articles Written by: PAISLEY DODDS", Source Hub