Thomas L. Friedman won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, his third Pulitzer for The New York Times. He became the paper's foreign-affairs columnist in 1995. Previously, he served as chief economic correspondent in the Washington bureau and before that he was the chief White House correspondent. In 2005, Mr. Friedman was elected as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Mr. Friedman joined The Times in 1981 and was appointed Beirut bureau chief in 1982. In 1984 Mr. Friedman was transferred from Beirut to Jerusalem, where he served as Israel bureau chief until 1988. Mr. Friedman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting (from Lebanon) and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting (from Israel).
Mr. Friedman's latest book, "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century," was released in April 2005 and won the inaugural Goldman Sachs/Financial Times Business Book of the Year award. In 2004, he was awarded the Overseas Press Club Award for lifetime achievement and the honorary title, Order of the British Empire (OBE), by Queen Elizabeth II.
His book, "From Beirut to Jerusalem" (1989), won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 1989 and "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" (2000) won the 2000 Overseas Press Club award for best nonfiction book on foreign policy and has been published in 27 languages. Mr. Friedman also wrote "Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism" (2002) and the text accompanying Micha Bar-Am's book, "Israel: A Photobiography."
Born in Minneapolis on July 20, 1953, Mr. Friedman received a B.A. degree in Mediterranean studies from Brandeis University in 1975. In 1978 he received a Master of Philosophy degree in Modern Middle East studies from Oxford. Mr. Friedman is married and has two daughters.
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There’s simply no shortcut for a stimulus that stimulates minds, not just salaries.
January 11, 2009The Mideast’s Ground Zero
Barack Obama’s goal has to be a settlement in Gaza that eliminates the threat of Hamas rockets and opens Gaza economically to the world, under credible international supervision.
January 7, 2009Win, Win, Win, Win, Win ...
We have got to stop “taking off the table” the gasoline tax, the tool that would add leverage to everything we want to do at home and abroad.
December 28, 2008Time to Reboot America
We don’t just need a bailout in this country, we need a national makeover. That is why the next few months are among the most important in U.S. history.
December 24, 2008China to the Rescue? Not!
The partnership between Chinese and American enterprises is about to undergo a radical restructuring as a result of the current economic crisis.
December 21, 2008The Great Unraveling
Our banking crisis has made it increasingly clear that the U.S. and China are becoming two countries, one system. But they appear to be on very different historical trajectories.
December 17, 2008Cars, Kabul and Banks
When Barack Obama takes office he will have to make mammoth decisions. The bases of those decisions should be on the things themselves, the core truths about each.
December 14, 2008While Detroit Slept
Someone is already developing an alternative to Detroit’s business model. I don’t know if it will work, but I do know that it can be done and Detroit isn’t doing it.
December 10, 2008The Real Generation X
To reverse the damage caused by this generation of greedy adults, we will not only need to bail out industries of the past but to build up industries of the future.
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The Power of Green
Thomas Friedman explains how America can regain its international stature by taking the lead in alternative energy and environmentalism.
Preview of 'Addicted to Oil'
"Addicted to Oil: Thomas L. Friedman Reporting" aired on the Discovery Channel and the Discovery Times Channel in June 2006.
How Flat Is the World?
Thomas L. Friedman and Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, discuss globalization with Ted Koppel. (April 2006)
video: Excerpt From 'Does Europe Hate Us? Thomas L. Friedman Reporting'
Friedman looks at European Union regulations in this excerpt of a documentary that aired on the Discovery Times Channel in April 2005.
Thomas Friedman talked to Terry Gross about the conflict in the Middle East. (Aug. 1, 2006)
Thomas L. Friedman talked about his book, "The World Is Flat," with Jon Stewart. (April 6, 2005)
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