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 had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. John Pomfret bosnianlifenumerous Change image and share on social
Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. John Pomfret crimehorrendoussrebrenica 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
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
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
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
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
But on the other hand, in the midst of the chaos, you find normal people. You find people who are willing to risk their lives to tell you what they saw, even though they have no dog in the fight. John Pomfret chaosdogfight Change image and share on social
I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad. John Pomfret bosniaextenthutu share on social
