In an Era of ‘Forever Wars,’ the Middle East Bureau Manager Who Made Our Coverage Possible
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In an Era of ‘Forever Wars,’ the Middle East Bureau Manager Who Made Our Coverage Possible
"If they had a Pulitzer Prize for enabling great journalism, Jane would be my first nominee." For the more than 100 Times journalists and photographers who worked in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past 15 years, Jane Scott-Long — to whom Mr. Burns was married for nearly 40 years, from their first years together in Southern Africa until her death at 69 in September — was the linchpin
that held together the difficult bureaus in those places.
Alissa J. Rubin, the Paris bureau chief for The Times, was Baghdad bureau chief from 2008-9
and Kabul bureau chief from 2009-13, after which she continued to work on projects in Afghanistan and Iraq.
28, 2017
Bill Keller wrote that It has always struck me as unfair
that the people who make what we do possible get no bylines, no prizes — and not even the full measure of respect from the institutions they have made better
At its height, the Baghdad bureau employed about 100 people, in addition to
the foreign correspondents and photographers, and we had a dozen stringers.
Everyone except the correspondents had to be paid locally — something Jane handled, having acquired a safe
that at any given time might have four or five currencies in it (fat packets of dollars, foot-high stacks of almost worthless Iraqi dinars, packs of Jordanian dinars, and British or European cash pouched in by visiting Times staff members).
"If they had a Pulitzer Prize for enabling great journalism, Jane would be my first nominee." For the more than 100 Times journalists and photographers who worked in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past 15 years, Jane Scott-Long — to whom Mr. Burns was married for nearly 40 years, from their first years together in Southern Africa until her death at 69 in September — was the linchpin
that held together the difficult bureaus in those places.
Alissa J. Rubin, the Paris bureau chief for The Times, was Baghdad bureau chief from 2008-9
and Kabul bureau chief from 2009-13, after which she continued to work on projects in Afghanistan and Iraq.
28, 2017
Bill Keller wrote that It has always struck me as unfair
that the people who make what we do possible get no bylines, no prizes — and not even the full measure of respect from the institutions they have made better
At its height, the Baghdad bureau employed about 100 people, in addition to
the foreign correspondents and photographers, and we had a dozen stringers.
Everyone except the correspondents had to be paid locally — something Jane handled, having acquired a safe
that at any given time might have four or five currencies in it (fat packets of dollars, foot-high stacks of almost worthless Iraqi dinars, packs of Jordanian dinars, and British or European cash pouched in by visiting Times staff members).