Martin Fackler (journalist)

Martin Fackler
Fackler at a book talk in Tokyo, 2015
Born
Martin Fackler

(1966-11-16) November 16, 1966 (age 57)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Occupation(s)journalist, author
Notable credit(s)The New York Times; Reinventing Japan: New Directions in Global Leadership (book); Credibility Lost: The Crisis in Japanese Newspaper Journalism After Fukushima (book in Japanese)
Websitehttp://martinfackler.com

Martin Fackler (born November 16, 1966) is an American journalist and author. He has worked for more than two decades as a foreign correspondent in Japan and China, including six years as Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times.[1] In 2012, his team was named as finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for its investigative coverage of the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[2] He has written or co-written eleven books in Japanese, including the best-seller Credibility Lost: The Crisis in Japanese Newspaper Journalism After Fukushima (Futabasha, 2012).

  1. ^ "Martin Fackler". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "Finalist: The New York Times Staff". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved September 6, 2018.

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