Ty McCormick

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

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

Career

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.[7] He received a second master's degree from the Queen's University Belfast[8] as a George J. Mitchell Scholar.[9][10]

He joined Foreign Policy as an editor in 2012 and was appointed Africa editor in 2015.[11] 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, Malawi, Central African Republic, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.[12] In 2015, he was a finalist for the Kurt Schork Memorial Award for his reporting on the civil war in South Sudan.[13][14] He was long-listed for One World Media Awards in two different categories in 2015.[15]

Notable articles

McCormick, Ty. "In Pursuit of the African Dream." Foreign Policy. August 2016.

McCormick, Ty. "One Day, We Will Start a Big War." Foreign Policy. October 2015.

McCormick, Ty. "Unmade in the USA: The Inside Story of a U.S. Foreign-Policy Failure in South Sudan." Foreign Policy. February 2015.

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. ↑ "Wrestling Keeps 'Identity of the Nuba' Alive in Sudanese Refugee Camps". news.nationalgeographic.com. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  7. ↑ Oxford, University of. ", Clarendon Fund Scholarships". www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  8. ↑ "Queen's University of Belfast graduations list - December 10 2015 - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  9. ↑ "Twelve selected to receive the George J Mitchell Scholarship for 2015 - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  10. ↑ "Two from Stanford named Marshall Scholars and one a Mitchell Scholar". Stanford University. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  11. ↑ "Foreign Policy - News Release". link.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  12. ↑ "Ty McCormick | Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  13. ↑ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "2015 Kurt Schork Awards winners announced". news.trust.org. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  14. ↑ "Ty McCormick Finalist for 2015 Kurt Schork Memorial Award". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  15. ↑ "Pulitzer Center Grantees Listed for One World Media Awards". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2016-04-19.



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