Simon Denyer has spent his career as an award winning journalist, author and former Bureau Chief for both the Washington Post and Reuters. Simon has served globally overseas for both firms while successfully investigating and publishing well known articles. He has made multiple TV and radio show appearances as a well-respected journalist.
Simon Denyer was previously the Washington Post bureau chief in New Delhi and Beijing before most recently moving on to Tokyo. In Tokyo, Simon served as the bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. He has spent the last three years as the Tokyo bureau chief covering the rippling effects of the coronavirus impact on Japan.
Additionally, he is the author of “Rogue Elephant: Harnessing the Power of Democracy in the New India” and the co-editor of “Foreign Correspondent: Fifty Years of Reporting South Asia”.
While working for the Washington Post the last 11 years, Simon Denyer achieved many professional accomplishments. He received two National Headliners Awards for International coverage, the first was received for his article “Voices of Tibet” in 2017. The second was earned in 2020 for Denyer’s article on the whaling industry in Japan.
His article highlighted the complicated issues with whaling from Japanese cultural and historical perspectives. In 2020, Simon Denyer won a Pulitzer prize for his exemplary work on the 2C project for climate change. His focus on global warming’s effect on the Japanese island of Hokkaido demonstrated the dire consequences of rising temperatures.
Simon’s team earned this notable accomplishment in Explanatory Reporting for their significant work on the effects of climate change.
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