John Daniszewski

A former foreign correspondent who has reported from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia for The AP and the Los Angeles Times, he is a notable advocate for the safety of journalists.

He began his career with the AP, working as bureau chief in Johannesburg; as a correspondent in Warsaw; and as a reporter and editor in New York City, Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

[2][1] He was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 2013 to 2022, also serving as its co-chair (alongside Katherine Boo and Gail Collins) during the 2022 awards cycle.

[1][2] He is a member of the International Press Institute’s North American Committee and the founder and president of the IPI-AP Foreign Editor's Circle.

[3] He is also an executive committee member of the ACOS (A Culture of Safety) Alliance, an organization dedicated to strengthening protection standards for freelancers.

[4][2] Daniszewski's journalism career began in 1977 as an Associated Press stringer at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia while still a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

[1] He reported on the murder of mobster Angelo Bruno, Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, the Centralia mine fire, the Mariel boatlift, and the campaigns of Arlen Specter and Jim Heinz.

[2] Daniszewski moved to the AP's Foreign Desk in 1987, and was posted to Warsaw in June 1987 to cover the Solidarity trade union and the fall of Communism in Poland.

[7] Daniszewski joined the Los Angeles Times in 1996 as the Middle East bureau chief based in Cairo and reporting from across the region.

[1] Daniszewski was a member of the Los Angeles Times team that won an Overseas Press Club award and was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for its coverage of the Iraqi Civil War.

[3] He is also an executive committee member of the ACOS (A Culture of Safety) Alliance, an organization dedicated to strengthening protection standards for freelancers.