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Seymour Topping

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Journalist (1921-2020)

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Seymour Topping was an American journalist best known for his work as a foreign correspondent covering wars in China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and the Cold War in Europe. From 1969 to 1986, he was the second senior-most editor at The New York Times.

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Seymour Topping gives an introduction on "The Pulitzer prize and the Quality of American Journalism".Seymour Topping gives an introduction on "The Pulitzer prize and the Quality of American Journalism".

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Seymour Topping was an American journalist best known for his work as a foreign correspondent covering wars in China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and the Cold War in Europe. From 1969 to 1986, he was the second senior-most editor at The New York Times. At the time of his death, he was the San Paolo Professor Emeritus of International Journalism at Columbia University, where he also served as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes from 1993 to 2002.

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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1921 to 2020 · aged 98
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