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No More Creampuff Journalism: Readers React in Letters to the Editor

February 1, 2014 by wpfixit

No More Creampuff Journalism Sometime public commentary on the published writings of a journalist can get nasty, sometimes snarky, and sometimes downright witty. Here, readers react with a series of letters to the editor to an interview I did with Khmer Rouge Prime Minister Khieu Samphan published in the Phnom Penh Post. It wasn’t pretty, but it […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Criticism of, Humor, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Phnom Penh Post Tagged With: Humor, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Phnom Penh Post

Nate Thayer: periodismo, crowdfunding y autopromo

January 27, 2014 by wpfixit

Nate Thayer: periodismo, crowdfunding y autopromo A much appreciated note of support from the Spanish language journalists website Globorama.es for my efforts to fund the publication of my my book “Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalist’s Memoir From Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge” http://www.globograma.es/nate-thayer-periodismo-crowdfunding-y-autopromo/

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How to Be Buddy-Buddy With a Guerilla General

January 27, 2014 by wpfixit

Pol Pot's Trial Nate Thayer FEER

How to Be Buddy-Buddy With an Guerilla General It is always a pleasure when someone has positive things to say about ones work. So thanks to scholars-stage.blogspot.com for their generous comments: How to Be Buddy-Buddy With an Guerilla General Posted by T. Greer in Dogs of War, Media, Southeast Asia   Far Eastern Economic Review (2 August 1997) with Thayer’s […]

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The Final Collapse of the Khmer Rouge: how the US dropped the ball when offered Pol Pot for trial

January 24, 2014 by wpfixit

Excerpts from the unpublished manuscript Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalists Memoir from Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge Copyright Nate Thayer. All Rights Reserved. No reproduction or transmission in whole or part without express written permission from the author Please consider donating to support publication of Sympathy for the Devil By Nate Thayer Immediately after […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Cambodian War, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil, Sympathy for the Devil by Nate Thayer, Ta Mok, U.S. Asian Policy Tagged With: Cambodia, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil

How–And Why-The New York Times Didn’t Interview Pol Pot

January 23, 2014 by wpfixit

How–and Why– The New York Times Didn’t Interview Pol Pot By Nate Thayer January 23, 2014 After I interviewed Pol Pot in July and October 1997, my excellent magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review–the sister publication of the Wall Street Journal and both owned by Dow Jones–nominated me and the story for a Pulitzer Prize. […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Freelance Journalism, Freelance Journalist, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Pol Pot Interview, Sympathy for the Devil, Ta Mok, U.S. State Department Tagged With: Cambodia, Freelance Journalism, Journalism ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Pol Pot Interview, Sympathy for the Devil

A Reporter’s Trek Through Cambodian Minefields, Pursued By Soldiers

January 22, 2014 by wpfixit

A Trek Through Minefields, Pursued By Soldiers From my files: News articles I am digitally archiving here on this blog site. This story was written in 1990 after a many weeks walk deep through the jungle with Cambodian guerrillas. It was the first independent confirmation of guerrilla claims of advances made during the then 11-year […]

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The Private Letters of a Foreign Correspondent: Communicating With the Khmer Rouge; CIA Spy Accusations; Nomination for a Pulitzer Prize

January 21, 2014 by wpfixit

Select Private Correspondence from the Files of a Foreign Correspondent:  By Nate Thayer I have been doing some tinkering and final revisions and editing of my upcoming book Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalist’s memoir from Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge  and have been distracted as I sort out old papers, correspondence, raw notes, and files, many which have […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Cambodia coup, Freelance Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil, War correspondent Tagged With: Cambodia, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil

“Who is that singer? Johnny Jackson? Like he says, ‘We are the World!’ We are with the West! Let’s join together!” said a Khmer Rouge cadre

December 5, 2013 by wpfixit

  “Who is that singer? Johnny Jackson? Like he says, ‘We are the World!’ We are with you, the West! Let’s join together!” said the Khmer Rouge leader After threatening to assassinate American civilians, the Khmer Rouge leader told me “Why don’t we join hands in national reconciliation. Join together! We are with you, the […]

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An Invitation to the Khmer Rouge Controlled Jungles: A travel Itinerary to the World’s Most Clandestine Guerrilla Army

October 14, 2013 by wpfixit

An Invitation to the Khmer Rouge Controlled Jungles: A travel Itinerary to the World’s Most Clandestine Guerrilla Army Excerpts from “Sympathy For the Devil: A Journalists memoir From Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge An unpublished manuscript (Excerpt from Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalist’s Memoir form Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge. Copyright Nate Thayer. All Rights reserved. […]

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Lunching With Mass Murderers: Khmer Rouge leaders explain why they slaughtered their own people, and why it was, really, for the best: Excerpts from “Sympathy for the Devil” By Nate Thayer

October 12, 2013 by wpfixit

Lunching With Mass Murderers: Top Khmer Rouge leaders explain, in their own words, why they killed 1.8 million people, why it was not their fault, and really for the best. Excerpts from unpublished manuscript “Sympathy for the Devil: A journalist’s memoir from inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge” By Nate Thayer (Copyright Nate Thayer. All rights reserved. […]

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The Night Pol Pot Died: Excerpts from unpublished manuscript “SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: A JOURNALIST’S MEMOIR INSIDE POL POT’S KHMER ROUGE” By Nate Thayer

September 28, 2013 by wpfixit

Journalist Nate Thayer views the body of Pol Pot

The Night Pol Pot Died: From the Jungles of Northern Cambodia By Nate Thayer EXCERPTS FROM SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL:  A JOURNALIST’S MEMOIR FROM INSIDE POL POT’S KHMER ROUGE (Copyright Nate Thayer. All rights reserved. No publication or transmission in whole or part allowed without express written permission of the author. Excerpts from the unpublished […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil, U.S. Khmer Rouge Tagged With: Cambodia, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Pol Pot, Sympathy for the Devil, U.S. Khmer Rouge.

ESCAPES: The Living Fields; Cambodia’s Most Famous War Reporter Retreats to Dorchester County, Md.

August 2, 2013 by wpfixit

My contribution to boost local tourism. From the Washington Post Style section…… ESCAPES: The Living Fields; Cambodia’s Most Famous War Reporter Retreats to Dorchester County, Md.  The Washington Post November 8, 2000 | Steve Hendrix “If I were writing about this area,” the war correspondent says with one arm draped over the steering wheel of his […]

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