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'''Ian Johnson''' is a writer and journalist, working primarily in [[China]] and [[Germany]]. His Chinese name is '''Zhang Yan''' (张彦).<ref>[http://www.speakers-china.com/ian-johnson/ Ian Johnson 张彦]</ref><ref>http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1325031</ref>
'''Ian Johnson''' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and journalist, focusing on society, religion, and history. He works out of Beijing and Berlin, where he also teaches and advises academic journals and think tanks.</ref><ref>http://www.ian-johnson.com/bio</ref>


Johnson has spent over half of the past thirty years in the Greater China region, first as a student in Beijing from 1984 to 1985, and then in Taipei from 1986 to 1988. He later worked as a newspaper correspondent in China, from 1994 to 1996 with Baltimore's The Sun, and from 1997 to 2001 with The Wall Street Journal, where he covered macro economics, China's WTO accession and social issues.
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A reporter for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', Johnson won the 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his coverage of the [[persecution of Falun Gong]] practitioners in China.<ref>Ian Johnson (2001) [http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2001-International-Reporting-Group1 Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal]</ref> His reporting from China was also honored in 2001 by the [[Overseas Press Club]] and the [[Society of Professional Journalists]].

In 2009, Johnson returned to China, where he writes features and essays for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, National Geographic, and other publications. He teaches undergraduates at The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, where he also runs a fellowship program. In addition, he formally advises a variety of academic journals and think tanks on China, such as the Journal of Asian Studies, the Berlin-based think tank Merics, and New York University's Center for Religion and Media.

His Chinese name is '''Zhang Yan''' (张彦).<ref>[http://www.speakers-china.com/ian-johnson/ Ian Johnson 张彦]</ref><ref>http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1325031</ref>

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As a reporter for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', Johnson won the 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his coverage of the [[persecution of Falun Gong]] practitioners in China.<ref>Ian Johnson (2001) [http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2001-International-Reporting-Group1 Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal]</ref> His reporting from China was also honored in 2001 by the [[Overseas Press Club]] and the [[Society of Professional Journalists]]. In 2017, he won Stanford University's Shorenstein Journalism Award for reporting on China.<ref>http://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ian-johnson-longtime-foreign-correspondent-receive-shorenstein-journalism-award</ref>


==Life and work==
==Life and work==
Born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], Johnson is a [[naturalized]] United States citizen who lives in [[Berlin]], Germany. He recently wrote a ''Wall Street Journal'' review of "Advocate for the Doomed," about James G. McDonald's efforts to warn the world about the Nazis in the early 1930s.
Born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], Johnson is a [[naturalized]] United States citizen who lives in [[Berlin]], Germany.

In 2017, Johnson published a book about China's religious revival called The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao. <ref>http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241115/the-souls-of-china-by-ian-johnson/9781101870051/</ref>


In 2010, Johnson published a book about the Islamic Center of [[Munich]].<ref>http://www.ian-johnson.com/books.html</ref> He conducted research on the book while on a Nieman fellowship at [[Harvard University]]. He attended the [[University of Florida]].[http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.viewContributors&bioid=191]
In 2010, Johnson published a book about the Islamic Center of [[Munich]].<ref>http://www.ian-johnson.com/books.html</ref> He conducted research on the book while on a Nieman fellowship at [[Harvard University]]. He attended the [[University of Florida]].[http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.viewContributors&bioid=191]
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On February 9, 2006, Johnson delivered [[Congress of the United States|congressional]] testimony on the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Europe. He described the Brotherhood as "an umbrella group that regularly lobbies major international institutions like the EU and the Vatican" and "controls some of the most dynamic, politically active Muslim groups in key European countries, such as Britain, France and Germany." He said the group has schools "to train [[imam]]s," has funded a "mechanism in the guise of a UK-registered charity," and has a [[European Council for Fatwa and Research|fatwa council]] to enforce ideological conformity.<ref name="aifdemocracy">[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/policy-issues.php?id=1727 Muslim Brotherhood in Europe], February 9, 2006, Ian Johnson, Congressional Testimony - published with the [[American-Islamic Forum for Democracy|AIFD]]</ref>
On February 9, 2006, Johnson delivered [[Congress of the United States|congressional]] testimony on the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Europe. He described the Brotherhood as "an umbrella group that regularly lobbies major international institutions like the EU and the Vatican" and "controls some of the most dynamic, politically active Muslim groups in key European countries, such as Britain, France and Germany." He said the group has schools "to train [[imam]]s," has funded a "mechanism in the guise of a UK-registered charity," and has a [[European Council for Fatwa and Research|fatwa council]] to enforce ideological conformity.<ref name="aifdemocracy">[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/policy-issues.php?id=1727 Muslim Brotherhood in Europe], February 9, 2006, Ian Johnson, Congressional Testimony - published with the [[American-Islamic Forum for Democracy|AIFD]]</ref>


In 2009 Johnson was moving back to China. He left the Wall Street Journal in 2010 to pursue magazine and book writing on cultural and social affairs.<ref>http://www.ian-johnson.com/bio.html</ref>
In 2009 Johnson moved back to China. He left the Wall Street Journal in 2010 to pursue magazine and book writing on cultural and social affairs.<ref>http://www.ian-johnson.com/bio.html</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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==External links==
==External links==
*Ian Johnson (2001) [http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2001-International-Reporting-Group1 Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal]
*Ian Johnson (2001) [http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2001-International-Reporting-Group1 Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal]
www.ian-johnson.com


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Ian Denis Johnson
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationUniversity of Florida, Free University of Berlin, Harvard University
Occupation(s)Pulitzer Prize winning Reporter
and Journalist

Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and journalist, focusing on society, religion, and history. He works out of Beijing and Berlin, where he also teaches and advises academic journals and think tanks.</ref>[1]

Johnson has spent over half of the past thirty years in the Greater China region, first as a student in Beijing from 1984 to 1985, and then in Taipei from 1986 to 1988. He later worked as a newspaper correspondent in China, from 1994 to 1996 with Baltimore's The Sun, and from 1997 to 2001 with The Wall Street Journal, where he covered macro economics, China's WTO accession and social issues.

In 2009, Johnson returned to China, where he writes features and essays for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, National Geographic, and other publications. He teaches undergraduates at The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, where he also runs a fellowship program. In addition, he formally advises a variety of academic journals and think tanks on China, such as the Journal of Asian Studies, the Berlin-based think tank Merics, and New York University's Center for Religion and Media.

His Chinese name is Zhang Yan (张彦).[2][3]

As a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Johnson won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.[4] His reporting from China was also honored in 2001 by the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2017, he won Stanford University's Shorenstein Journalism Award for reporting on China.[5]

Life and work

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Johnson is a naturalized United States citizen who lives in Berlin, Germany.

In 2017, Johnson published a book about China's religious revival called The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao. [6]

In 2010, Johnson published a book about the Islamic Center of Munich.[7] He conducted research on the book while on a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University. He attended the University of Florida.[1]

In 2004, Johnson published Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China (Pantheon), which was later released in paperback and has been translated into several languages.

On February 9, 2006, Johnson delivered congressional testimony on the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. He described the Brotherhood as "an umbrella group that regularly lobbies major international institutions like the EU and the Vatican" and "controls some of the most dynamic, politically active Muslim groups in key European countries, such as Britain, France and Germany." He said the group has schools "to train imams," has funded a "mechanism in the guise of a UK-registered charity," and has a fatwa council to enforce ideological conformity.[8]

In 2009 Johnson moved back to China. He left the Wall Street Journal in 2010 to pursue magazine and book writing on cultural and social affairs.[9]

Bibliography

Books

  • Johnson, Ian (2004). Wild grass : three stories of change in modern China. New York: Pantheon Books. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)

Essays and reporting

References

  1. ^ http://www.ian-johnson.com/bio
  2. ^ Ian Johnson 张彦
  3. ^ http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1325031
  4. ^ Ian Johnson (2001) Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal
  5. ^ http://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ian-johnson-longtime-foreign-correspondent-receive-shorenstein-journalism-award
  6. ^ http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241115/the-souls-of-china-by-ian-johnson/9781101870051/
  7. ^ http://www.ian-johnson.com/books.html
  8. ^ Muslim Brotherhood in Europe, February 9, 2006, Ian Johnson, Congressional Testimony - published with the AIFD
  9. ^ http://www.ian-johnson.com/bio.html

www.ian-johnson.com

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