EXPERIENCE

• Moscow Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times, 1983-present.
• Foreign and national correspondent for the past 15 years, covering assignments in Russia, the Middle East, the Balkans, Afghanistan and the Pacific Northwest.
• Joined The Times as a general assignment staff writer for the Orange County Edition.
• Orange County (CA) Register, assistant metro editor, 1982-83: reporter, 1980-83.
• Minot (ND) Daily News, reporter, 1978-80.
• The North Biloxian (MS), assistant editor, 1973-74.

EDUCATION

• Minot (ND) State University. BA., English literature 1977, magna cum laude.

PERSONAL

• Born: August 26. 1955, Indianapolis, IN.
• Married with two children.

AWARDS

• Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, foreign correspondence, 1993.
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for best project by a team of reporters, 1991, presented for a special section on the Persian Gulf War, "Witness to War."
• Los Angeles Times Publisher's Prize, for Persian Gulf War correspondence. 1990.
• Orange County Press Club Watchdog Award. 1985.
• Orange County Press Club Awards. 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984.
• North Dakota Sigma Delta Chi Award, best news story, 1979.
• North Dakota Press Women Award: best news story, 1979.