I've been shot at on numerous occasions. John Pomfret havenumerousoccasion Change image and share on social
The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession. John Pomfret calldemandobsession 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
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
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
Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively. John Pomfret effectivelyjournalismlearn 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 had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. John Pomfret bosnianlifenumerous 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
