When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best… — 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… — 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… — 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
