journalism





	A stringer from 2002 to 2004 for Newsweek magazine, based in the London bureau, John Ghazvinian has reported stories from Spain, Ireland and the UK for this influential global current affairs magazine. He has interviewed such public figures as architect Richard Rogers, BBC World Service Director Mark Byford and Taliban captive Yvonne Ridley. He has written on everything from the airline industry to London police reform and Spanish immigration. John began his career on the British newspaper The Sunday Times, where he was a Murdoch scholar in 1997. He then went on to write on British politics for the venerable American political weekly The Nation, before undertaking a stint as the Newsfeed Editor for mediabistro.com and eventually ending up at Newsweek. John is the author of 'Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil', to be published in the US by Harcourt in April 2007.
			Trouble on the Nile White Nile is at the centre of a tense dispute between north and south Sudan Sunday Telegraph 24/04/05 African Special Observations on Omar Bongo of Gabon New Statesman 14/03/05 Land of Opportunity A desolate region of Spain lures Latin Americans Newsweek 10/02/03 Bobbies calling NYPD The London police force asks the New York police force for help Newsweek 13/05/02 Hold the Fries Has the world eaten its fill of McDonalds? Newsweek 06/01/03 From Captive to Convert Interview with Yvonne Ridley, journalist captured by the Taliban Newsweek 26/08/02 A New World in the Sky The future for the airline industry Newsweek 22/06/02 English Football Fever Fanatic England football fans celebrate their first-round World Cup win Newsweek 08/06/02 'The Secret of Our Success' Interview with Mark Byford, Director of the BBC World Service Newsweek 03/01/03 Earthling in the Middle Blair and the 'Special Relationship' Newsweek 10/02/03 The Election Race Card Tories raise the stakes The Nation 04/06/01 Dancing in the Streets A dash of Britain's rave culture has brought a new style to global protests The Nation 24/04/00 s