| 词条 | William Prochnau |
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CareerBefore working for Vanity Fair, Prochnau was the Washington-bureau chief for The Seattle Times and also served as a national affairs reporter for The Washington Post. He reported from Southeast Asia and Vietnam. He made two tours of Vietnam in 1965 and 1967. Prochnau wrote articles which include the profile of Pat Robertson and a report on the kidnapping of multinational businessmen held for ransom.[3] His work on the Vietnam War while at the Seattle Times landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. Works{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?68823-1/once-distant-war Booknotes interview with Prochnau on Once Upon a Distant War, January 14, 1996], C-SPAN}}Prochnau had two movies created from the works he wrote.[4]: His Vanity Fair article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" inspired the 2000 film Proof of Life. His novel Trinity's Child was the basis for 1990's By Dawn's Early Light.[3] He also wrote Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett--Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles,[3] about the experiences of Halberstam, Sheehan, and Arnett reporting from Vietnam. Awards and honorsProchnau won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship[5] in 1988 to research and write about the media as it operated in the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Personal lifeProchnau's second marriage was to Laura Parker.[2] Together they wrote articles for Vanity Fair. They resided together in Washington, DC. Laura Parker also covers aviation for The Washington Post and served as a national correspondent for USA Today for ten years.[4] References1. ^Who's Who in Entertainment. Third edition, 1998–1999. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1997. 2. ^1 {{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Ellie |title=William Prochnau, Vanity Fair journalist and best-selling author, dies at 80 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-prochnau-vanity-fair-journalist-and-best-selling-author-dies-at-80/2018/04/04/234a22fc-3388-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html?utm_term=.55ecf4576d35 |accessdate=February 2, 2019 |work=Washington Post |date=April 4, 2018}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=William Prochnau |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/william-prochnau|publisher=Vanity Fair|accessdate=25 April 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=William Prochnau with Laura Parker|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/william-prochnau/|publisher=Curtis Brown|accessdate=25 April 2013}} 5. ^Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship External links
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