| 词条 | Roger Thurow |
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Early life and educationThurow grew up in Crystal Lake, Illinois and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1979. CareerFor thirty years Thurow worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal,[6] and for twenty of those years he was based abroad in Europe and Africa.[7] After writing a series on famine in Africa, Thurow and Scott Kilman, fellow Wall Street Journal colleague, were finalists for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.[8] In 2009 Thurow and Kilman authored the book Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty.[9] They received Action Against Hunger's Humanitarian Award for this book in 2009. [10] Thurow's second book, The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, was published in the spring of 2012. Thurow also lectures on various topics about the world economy,[11][12] and writes for the Huffington Post. Thurow currently resides in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois with his wife and two children. References[13][14][15][16]1. ^"Roger Thurow". WorldCat 2. ^"University presidents from around the world create action agenda to solve hunger ". OANow.com 3. ^{{cite book|author1=Dennis Pirages|author-link1=Dennis C. Pirages|author2=Theresa Manley DeGeest|title=Ecological Security: An Evolutionary Perspective on Globalization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFA2CcxvwSkC&pg=PA267|year=2004|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8476-9501-0|pages=267–}} 4. ^{{cite book|author1=Barbara A. Arrighi|author2=David J. Maume|title=Child Poverty in America Today: Health and medical care|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEmCEm7AMYEC&pg=PR17|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-98928-6|pages=17–}} 5. ^"UI officials recognize pair for contributions to public health". The Daily Iowan. BY GRACE PATERAS | NOVEMBER 19, 2014 6. ^{{cite book|author=David Fick|title=Africa: Continent of Economic Opportunity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lw4iBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA500|date=1 April 2007|publisher=Real African Publishers|isbn=978-1-919855-47-9|pages=500–}} 7. ^{{cite book|author1=Patricia Beattie Jung|author2=L. Shannon Jung|title=Moral Issues and Christian Responses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hwrt0Cxy6MIC&pg=PT599|date=1 September 2012|publisher=Fortress Press|isbn=978-0-8006-9896-6|pages=599–}} 8. ^"The Pulitzer Prizes | International Reporting". 9. ^{{cite book|author=Jennifer Clapp|title=Food|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sb062_eta3UC&pg=PA203|year=2012|publisher=Polity|isbn=978-0-7456-4936-8|pages=203–}} 10. ^"Action Against Hunger to Honor Humanitarians". 11. ^"Journalist and Activist Roger Thurow leads students from Uganda and Hackney in a session on world hunger | Speakers for Schools". 12. ^"Roger Thurow selected as Ruth Winter Lecturer". 13. ^{{cite book|author1=Edmund W. Kitch|author2=Harvey S. Perlman|title=Intellectual property and unfair competition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxBBAQAAIAAJ|date=20 August 1998|publisher=Foundation Press|page=303}} 14. ^"Roger Thurow." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 7 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000304314 15. ^University Web Communications. "Roger Thurow “The Last Hunger Season”". Vanderbilt University. 16. ^"Cargill: News Center - Author Roger Thurow discusses potential of smallholders at Cargill". External links
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