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 really happen the way you want it to. John Pomfret blowfacegood Change image and share on social
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 much seized with an interest in China. John Pomfret chinafourteeninterest Change image and share on social
I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. John Pomfret bosnianlifenumerous Change image and share on social
My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd. John Pomfret bicyclecrowdform Change image and share on social
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 information. John Pomfret complicatedifficultheart Change image and share on social
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 chinagreatpost Change image and share on social
I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making $280 a week covering the police. John Pomfret backcaliforniacounty Change image and share on social
When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back. John Pomfret backcoldjob Change image and share on social
I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect the fact that there are a lot of shared values in addition to those differences. John Pomfret additionconnectdifference share on social
In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything. John Pomfret americandomesticeasy Change image and share on social
