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William Thatcher DowellFreelance writer; Currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Co-Author with Winter Nie, of "In the Shadow of the Dragon-How Chinese Companies Will Change International Business," published by AMACOM and available on Amazon.com. Co-Editor of the 4th Edition of the Essential Field Guide to Afghanistan. Currently working on another book on international business. Contributor to IRIN, the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Network, a UN-based news service for development issues.Co-founder and editor of the Essential Edge, an internet-based magazine for the greater Geneva region. Translated French Arabist, Francois Burgat's 'The Islamic Movement in North Africa' from French into English; published by the Middle East studies Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Previous Employment CARE International (2005-2008). Media and Information Coordinator for CARE Emergency Group, TIME Magazine (1989-2001). Staff correspondent, covering the Arab world and Iran from 1989 through 1993. Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, based in Hong Kong from 1993 through 1995. Northeast USA bureau from 1995 through 2001. New York University (2001-2005). Edited a website on foreign policy analysis for NYU’s Center for War, Peace and the News Media. Adjunct professor, taught graduate courses on journalism in the Middle East, and undergraduate honours course on the literature of journalism. Also conducted training programs for mid-career journalists and editors in Albania, Romania and Armenia.ABC News (1975 through 1989). Contract television reporter, field producer, and radio correspondent. Nnumerous stories in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. NBC News (1971-74), Radio correspondent in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1971 through 1972. TV field producer/utility editor, NBC Washington Bureau, 1974.MiscellaneousTranslated French Arabist, Francois Burgat’s “The Islamic Movement in North Africa” for the Middle East Studies Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Served on the Awards Panel for the Overseas Press Club from 1995 through 2002.Specialties: Foreign correspondent/photographer/cameraman/field producer

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