Ilene Prusher (born June 5, 1970) is an American journalist and novelist.
Ilene Prusher | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, novelist |
| Children | 2 |
Personal life
editRaised in New York, Prusher graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1993. She now resides in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she lectures on journalism for Florida Atlantic University's School of Communication & Multimedia Studies.[citation needed]
Career
editMedia
editPrusher started her career as a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Later, she freelanced from the Middle East for Newsday, The New Republic, The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Observer (UK). Her book reviews and essays were published in The Washington Post,[1] Haaretz Books, Moment,[2] Habitus, Zeek, and Tikkun.
Prusher was a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor from 2000 to 2010, serving as the Boston-based newspaper’s bureau chief in Tokyo, Istanbul, and Jerusalem and covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2011-12 she was the deputy editor of The Jerusalem Report. She is now on the editorial staff of Haaretz, where she writes a blog called Jerusalem Vivendi. She also teaches Reporting Conflict for NYU-Tel Aviv, runs creative writing workshops, and writes Primigravida, a blog about motherhood.
As part of her coverage of the major stories of the past decade in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine, Prusher has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and NPR. Her coverage of Al-Qaeda’s escape from the American military in Afghanistan was cited in the 9/11 anniversary issue of The New Yorker.[3] An excerpt of her novel was read on the BBC World Service's “Weekend” Program in November 2012, and she was featured on the “Woman's Hour” program of BBC Radio 4.[4]
She now hosts a weekly radio show on TLV1 Radio, Weekend Edition.[5]
Literary work
editHer first novel, Baghdad Fixer, was published in November 2012 by Halban Publishers in London, which The Guardian called “a gripping debut."[6] The story follows Nabil al-Amari, an English teacher living in Baghdad in Saddam’s Iraq, when a chance encounter with Samara Katchens, an American journalist covering the war, changes his life forever. It is April 2003 and American and British forces have recently invaded Iraq.
Bagdhad Fixer was published in the United States on 1 November 2014.[7][8]
Works of short fiction have been published in Zeek (2009),[9] and Mima'amakim (2010).
Short collection of haiku have been published in an anthology entitled Multi Culti Mixterations: Playful and Profound Interpretations of Culture Through Haiku (2010).[10]
Awards and honours
editIn 2005, Prusher was nominated by The Christian Science Monitor for a Pulitzer Prize for "What's a Kidney Worth," an investigative story on organ trafficking.[11]
In December 2005, she won the Christian Science Monitor Award of Excellence for coverage of the Israeli disengagement from Gaza.[12]
In 1998, she won the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Journalists' Award Honorable Mention[13] for her reporting on post-war Somalia.[14]
In 1992-93, she won the Joseph Levy Scholarship for Middle East reporting at Columbia University.[citation needed]
Media appearances and citations
editPrusher was a guest on CNN's "Foreign Correspondents with Christiane Amanpour,"[15] news programs on MSNBC, Fox News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal.[16]
Prusher’s in-depth coverage of the Al-Qaeda leadership's escape from Afghanistan was cited in The New Yorker.[17]
Prusher has frequently been interviewed on Middle East issues on NPR and NPR-affiliate stations.[citation needed]
Prusher was also featured in an International Women's Media Foundation study: "Women Who Cover War."[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Prusher, Reviewed by Ilene R. (2006-02-19). "Baghdad Dispatches". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ Gross, Rachel (2014-07-18). "Amidst Crisis, Parents Try To Do What's Best". Moment Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "The Man Behind Bin Laden". The New Yorker. 2002-09-09. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ Starkey,K., Garvey, J., Woman’s Hour BBC Radio 4, 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Weekend Edition – Ilene Prusher | TLV1 RADIO - Great city. Great radio". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ^ Harding, Luke (2012-11-16). "Baghdad Fixer by Ilene Prusher – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Baghdad Fixer by Ilene Prusher". Publishers Weekly. 2014-09-29. Archived from the original on 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "BAGHDAD FIXER | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. 2014-10-08. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Seir Cafe". 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ Bachay, Judith (6 December 2010). Multi Culti Mixterations: Playful and Profound Cultural Interpretations Through Haiku. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1450546782.
- ^ www.jpost.com http://www.jpost.com/Authors/AuthorPage. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)[title missing] - ^ "Coming Soon". www.ileneprusher.com. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- ^ "Unca Prize for UN Coverage 2001 -- the Unca/ranan Lurie Prize for Political Cartoons, 2001". United Nations Information Service Vienna. 2001-03-20. Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ U. M. News. "Murder of Journalists Now Progapanda Tool of Choice for Extremists". University of Miami. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ Amanpour, C. International Correspondents CNN, 2003-03-07; Scully, S. Middle East Situation C-SPAN, 1997-08-03.
- ^ Scully, S. Middle East Situation C-SPAN, 1997-08-03.
- ^ "The Man Behind Bin Laden". The New Yorker. 2002-09-09. Retrieved 2023-04-28.