Ty McCormick

Ty McCormick
Nationality American
Alma mater Stanford University
Oxford University
Queen's University Belfast
Occupation Journalist
Employer Foreign Policy
Awards

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize

Ty McCormick is an American foreign correspondent and magazine editor. He was the Africa editor at Foreign Policy magazine from 2015 to 2018.[1] His writing has also appeared in the New York Times,[2] Washington Post,[3] Los Angeles Times,[4] Newsweek,[5] New Republic,[6] and National Geographic.[7]

Career

He has reported from more than a dozen countries in Africa and the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Central African Republic, Mali, Niger, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.[8]

He was a recipient of the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award[9] and the 2016 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Bronze Prize from the U.N. Correspondents Association.[10][11]

He received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a master's degree from the University of Oxford, where he was a Clarendon Scholar.[12] He received a second master's degree from the Queen's University Belfast[13] as a George J. Mitchell Scholar.[14][15]

Personal

He is married to attorney and feminist author Jill Filipovic and lives in Nairobi, Kenya.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Foreign Policy - News Release". link.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ Malik, Adeel; Mccormick, Ty (2013-08-06). "Egypt's Economy of Dependence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. ↑ McCormick, Ty (2014-08-23). "To South Sudan's woes, add famine — 50,000 kids at risk of death". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. ↑ McCormick, Ty (2013-07-10). "A backlash builds in Egypt". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  5. ↑ "Ty McCormick". Newsweek. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  6. ↑ McCormick, Ty (2011-12-17). "The Depressing Reality of Egyptian Politics: It's Islamists vs. the Military". New Republic. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling Keeps 'Identity of the Nuba' Alive in Sudanese Refugee Camps". news.nationalgeographic.com. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  8. ↑ "Ty McCormick | Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  9. ↑ Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Human. "FULL LIST: 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Award Winners". Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  10. ↑ "2016 UNCA Awards Winners « The United Nations Correspondents Association". unca.com. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Turkish photojournalist of world-shaking picture of drowned Syrian toddler to receive UNCA award - RIGHTS". Hürriyet Daily News | LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  12. ↑ Oxford, University of. ", Clarendon Fund Scholarships". www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  13. ↑ "Queen's University of Belfast graduations list - December 10 2015 - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  14. ↑ "Twelve selected to receive the George J Mitchell Scholarship for 2015 - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  15. ↑ "Two from Stanford named Marshall Scholars and one a Mitchell Scholar". Stanford University. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  16. ↑ "Jill Filipovic, Ty McCormick". The New York Times. 2018-02-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-21.



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