Nicholas D. Kristof
Journalist and op-ed columnist
Nicholas D. Kristof is an American journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes opinion columns for The New York Times. He co-wrote Half the Sky with Sheryl WuDunn.
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American Born 1959 in Yamhill, United States
About Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas D. Kristof was born in Chicago and raised in Yamhill, Oregon. He studied at Harvard University and joined The New York Times in 1984. He has written an op-ed column for the paper since November 2001 and is also a CNN contributor. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes. He and his wife Sheryl WuDunn earned the first for reporting on the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, China, and the killings that followed. His second came for his columns from Darfur. His reporting has drawn attention to human rights abuses and social injustices in Asia and Africa, including human trafficking and the Darfur conflict. With WuDunn, Kristof wrote Half the Sky, a No. 1 New York Times best-seller. He has traveled to 160 countries and lived on four continents.