| 词条 | Kaj Larsen |
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| name = Kaj Larsen | image = | caption = | birth_name = Kaj Larsen | birth_date = | birth_place = Santa Cruz, California, U.S. | citizenship = United States | residence = Venice, California | education = University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) Harvard University (MPP) | occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|correspondent|producer}} | years_active = 2005–present | partner = | website = {{URL|https://www.kajlarsen.com/}} }}Kaj Larsen {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɑː|dʒ}} is an American journalist, correspondent, and producer who has worked for Vice News, CNN, NowThis News and Current TV.[1] He worked for the Vanguard international news documentary investigative reporting show on Current TV beginning in 2005. He produced the documentary series LOCKUP Maricopa County and LOCKUP RAW for MSNBC from 2010 to 2011.[2] In 2010, he became a producer and correspondent for CNN until he was laid off in 2012 after CNN abolished their investigative news departments.[3][3] Following CNN he became a correspondent for VICE News and hosted the series VICE on HBO.[4] In 2016, Larsen hosted “The Runner” original series with Executive producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.[5] He was the senior correspondent for NowThis News. [4] Larsen has covered international and domestic conflict, including stories about waterboarding, ebola outbreaks, drug trafficking, Boko Haram, Somalia, and the militarization of the Arctic.[3][6] Early lifeLarsen was born in Santa Cruz, California. His father was formerly a U.S. Marine. He initially attended the United States Naval Academy where he played water polo, but he transferred to the University of California, Santa Cruz after two years. He originally aspired to be a Naval Aviator, having taken flying lessons growing up. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in political science and later received a master's degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was awarded a fellowship from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. He was also a joint fellow at Tufts University Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism studies.[7] CareerMilitary careerLarsen is a combat veteran Navy SEAL who served in the War on Terror during Operation Enduring Freedom.[8] After his five-year active duty service Larsen stayed in the US Naval Reserves earning the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and was assigned as a Maritime operations officer at Special Operations Command Africa.[9][10] JournalismLarsen career in journalism began in 2005 when he joined Current TV, a cable channel created by former Vice President Al Gore. While at Current TV, Larsen volunteered to have himself waterboarded on TV in an effort to help viewers understand the controversial interrogation technique.[11] Larsen, who had previously been waterboarded during military survival training told the interviewer the technique induced panic and felt, "like having a hot coal in your chest that you can't get out."[12] In 2007, during the controversial hearings for the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as United States Attorney General, the video of Larsen being waterboarded video was widely circulated.[13] Reporting for VICE News in 2013, Larsen conducted the first on camera interview with James Elmer Mitchell, whose firm Mitchell Jessen and Associates received $81 million on contract from the CIA to carry out debriefings of detainees and to develop and conduct enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. Mitchell had previously been identified by pseudonym in the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture.[14] Larsen helped develop the Vanguard journalism series, which received an Emmy Award. He has reported from Yemen, Cambodia, Colombia and Haiti. Larsen also reported on arms trafficking in Mogadishu, Somalia.[15] In 2010, Larsen joined CNN as a correspondent for the Special Investigations and Documentary Unit covering the drug war in Mexico, the floods in Pakistan and WikiLeaks. He has appeared as a guest on ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and The Huffington Post. He was the senior correspondent and host of Current TV's The Current Election and has consulted on Aaron Sorkin's HBO fictional news program The Newsroom.[7][16] As a producer Larsen worked on US Navy Pirate Hunters, a one-hour special for Spike TV,[17] and Lockup, the MSNBC show about life in an American prison. He has received an Emmy nomination, a Peabody nomination, two Telly Awards, and several Golden Cine Awards. A two time national champion open-water swimmer, he placed third in the Escape from Alcatraz duathalon. He helped launch The Mission Continues, providing fellowships to veterans, and continues to serve on the group's board of directors. He is close friends with Eric Greitens as both served together in Iraq.[7] Larsen began working as a bureau Chief for VICE News is 2014. The same year, 276 school girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Larsen traveled to Nigeria to embed with the Nigerian military and report on Boko Haram’s effect on the region.[18] In a series of reports for VICE and VICE HBO Larsen documented the conflict between the Nigerian Army and Boko Haram by observing firefights and interviewing victims as well as combatants on both sides.[19] Larsen left Vice News in 2016. The following year he was accused of sexual misconduct by a Vice News associate producer, as documented by The Daily Beast in an exposé on Vice New's culture of indifference to sexual misconduct by male employees. Larsen's name was added to Vox's running list of influential people from a variety of industries who have faced public accusations of sexual assault or sexual harassment.[20][21] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/03/8541262/vice-reinvents-itself-again|title=Vice reinvents itself, again|publisher=Politico.com|first=Joe|last=Pompeo|date=March 4, 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39995708/ns/msnbc-documentaries/t/go-behind-scenes-crew-lockup-raw/#.XIfturhOmUk | title = Go Behind the Scenes with the Crew of Lockup Raw | accessdate = 11 March 2019 | publisher = NBC News }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/layoffs-at-cnn-as-network-transitions-to-acquisition-model-for-documentary-programming_b117576|title=Layoffs At CNN As Network Transitions To Acquisition Model For Documentary Programming|website=mediabistro.com}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | url = https://www.chron.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/NowThis-Hires-Former-CNN-Correspondent-Kaj-Larsen-11138429.php | title = NowThis Hires Former CNN Correspondent Kaj Larsen to Oversee New Series (Exclusive) | date = 11 May 2017 | accessdate = 12 March 2019 | publisher = Houston Chronicle | author = Matt Pressberg }} 5. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/03/kaj-larsen-the-runner-host/21420559/ | title = Kaj Larsen, fearless journalist, dishes on his newest 'unprecedented' role as host of 'The Runner' | date = 3 July 2016 | accessdate = 12 March 2019 | publisher = AOL.com | author = Gibson Johns }} 6. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/760/1/ | title = Ice Wars: Burn the riches beneath melting Arctic sea | date = 15 July 2011 | accessdate = 26 March 2019 | publisher = Culture Change | author = Lily Dalton }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://trumanproject.org/home/team-view/kaj-larsen/|title=Kaj Larsen|publisher=Truman National Security Project}} 8. ^{{cite web | url = https://www-editor.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103013117 | title = Special Ops Forces Played Key Role In Rescue | date = 12 April 2009 | accessdate = 26 March 2019 | publisher = NPR }} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/NowThis-Hires-Former-CNN-Correspondent-Kaj-Larsen-11138429.php|website=sfgate.com|title=NowThis Hires Former CNN Correspondent Kaj Larsen to Oversee New Series|first=Matt|last=Pressberg|date=May 11, 2017}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/13/cupertino-veterans-day-celebration-salutes-women-in-military/|website=mercurynews.com|title=Cupertino Veterans Day celebration salutes women in military|first=Matthew|last=Wilson|date=November 13, 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16012903 | title = Journalist Volunteers for Waterboarding | date = 5 November 2007 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = NPR }} 12. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120174119328630495 | title = Three Young Men Try Waterboarding And Tell the Tale | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = Wall Street Journal }} 13. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2007/11/journalist_waterboards_self.shtml | title = Journalist Waterboards Self | date = 10 September 2007 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = BBC }} 14. ^{{cite web | url = https://boingboing.net/2014/12/10/meet-james-mitchell-cias-po.html | title = Meet James Mitchell, CIA's post-9/11 torture architect whose firm we paid $80 million | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = BoingBoing }} 15. ^{{cite web | url = https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7321378&page=1 | title = JCapt. Phillips' Wife Gives Emotional Thank You for Rescue | date = 13 April 2009 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = ABC News }} 16. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2013/01/cnn-eliminates-investigative-journalism.html|title=CNN Eliminates Investigative Journalism|website=patheos.com}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/kq6ll1/u-s-navy-pirate-hunters|title=U.S. Navy: Pirate Hunters|publisher=spike.com}} 18. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.wnyc.org/story/inside-boko-haram/ | title = On The Front Lines of The War Against Boko Haram | date = 17 April 2015 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = WNYC }} 19. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/arts/television/what-to-watch-friday.html | title = What to Watch Friday | date = 5 February 2016 | accessdate = 29 March 2019 | publisher = New York Times }} 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/unsafe-and-just-plain-dirty-women-accuse-vice-of-toxic-sexual-harassment-culture|title=‘Unsafe and Just Plain Dirty’: Women Accuse Vice of ‘Toxic’ Sexual-Harassment Culture|first=Brandy|last=Zadrozny|date=November 15, 2017|publisher=thedailybeast.com}} 21. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list/kaj-larsen|title=Sexual misconduct allegations against Kaj Larsen, former Vice bureau chief|last=North|first=Anna|date=2017-12-22|work=Vox.com|access-date=2018-08-21}} External links
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