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 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
I've been shot at on numerous occasions. John Pomfret havenumerousoccasion Change image and share on social
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
A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life. John Pomfret americanbosnianchinese Change image and 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
For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the ones that changed fundamentally the map of Bosnia, not the Bosnian army. John Pomfret americanarmybosnia share on social
Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. John Pomfret crimehorrendoussrebrenica Change image and share on social
The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the factions came down very hard on me. John Pomfret bosniafactionhard 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