Dan Southerland
Vice President of Programming/Executive Director, Radio Free Asia
Dan Southerland spent 18 years as a foreign correspondent in Asia and is recognized as one of America's most respected reporters on Asian affairs. He was The Washington Post's bureau chief in Beijing from 1985 to 1990, where he covered China's economic reforms, political developments, human rights issues, and the Tiananmen Square uprising in June, 1989. Before joining the Post, Mr. Southerland worked for 13 years with The Christian Science Monitor, based in Saigon, Hong Kong, and Washington, D.C., covering the Vietnam War, conflicts in Laos and Cambodia, the American invasion of Cambodia, and the fall of Saigon. In Washington, he was the Monitor's diplomatic correspondent. He also reported for United Press International while living in Asia. Most recently, at The Washington Post, Mr. Southerland covered business and energy issues for the Post's financial section. In 1995, Mr. Southerland was awarded the Edward Weintal prize for distinguished diplomatic reporting for a series on the Mao years in China. Other honors include a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1990 for his coverage of Tiananmen, and an Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship in 1990-91. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina, an M.S. in East Asian Studies from Harvard, and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia.