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Daniel Pearl

ダニエル・パール　/　だにえる・ぱーる

American reporter

October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002　・　Princeton, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey
reporter
writer
journalist

My Take

Daniel Pearl is a name I can't write about lightly. A Stanford-educated Wall Street Journal reporter, he was killed in Pakistan in 2002 while pursuing a story, and the posthumous Lovejoy and Murrow honors read to me less as personal accolades than as a tribute to journalism itself. He worked in a corner of public life with none of entertainment's glamour and all of its danger, chasing truth at the cost of his own safety. That an award now carries his name, still alive in newsrooms, strikes me as the most fitting memorial there could be. I hold his memory with real respect.

Overview

Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped by jihadist militants while he was on his way to what he had expected would be an interview with Pakistani Islamic scholar Mubarak Ali Gilani in Karachi, Pakistan.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Daniel Pearl
Name (Japanese): ダニエル・パール
Reading: だにえる・ぱーる
Born: October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Rabbit
Origin: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: reporter / writer / journalist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Stanford University

Awards & achievements

2002 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
2011 International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes
2003 Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award
2002 Daniel Pearl Award
2002 Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Pearl

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