One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it down and it follows us around and that's just a fact of life. — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I was very… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience. — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything. — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
But on the other hand, in the midst of the chaos, you find normal people. You find people who are willing to risk their… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early. — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China. — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
Good journalism, I think, represents life and if you try to organize something too neatly it usually blows up in your face and doesn't… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
