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Roger Thurow is an American author [1] and a journalist. [2] He is a former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. As of 2010, Thurow is a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is noted for his writing about the politics of world hunger. [3] [4] [5]
In 2012, journalist Roger Thurow wrote a book about a year in the lives of four One Acre Fund farmers in Kenya entitled The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change. [18]
Thurow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gerhard Thurow (1934–1976), German motorcyclist; Kerstin Thurow (born 1969), German engineer; Lester Thurow (1938–2016), American political economist and author; Roger Thurow, American author and journalist
2000 Wall Street Journal Awards (internal) for Best Investigative Writing with co-writer Roger Thurow on a multi-part series on The International Olympic Committee corruption scandal In 2001 he became the 2nd American journalist (after Art Buchwald) to be awarded Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2003 National Headliner Award Best Feature Writer [52]
Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman Enough: Why the Worlds Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty: Finalist [18] Greg Mortenson: Stones into Schools: Finalist [18] Michael Norman and Elizabeth Norman: Tears in the Darkness: the Story of the Bataan Death March and its Aftermath: Finalist [18] Chinua Achebe: The Education of a British-Protected Child ...
Lester Carl Thurow (May 7, 1938 – March 25, 2016) was an American political economist, former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of books on economic topics. Education [ edit ]
National Geographic logo. National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography. [1] [2] [3] Throughout the 1970s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the volcanic eruption of Eldfell at Heimaey island in Iceland. [4]
Indoor residual spraying in Kenya in 2017. Indoor residual spraying or IRS is the process of spraying the inside of dwellings with an insecticide to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria.