EVELYN LEOPOLD, CV

A foreign correspondent, editor and news executive for more than 25 years, Evelyn
Leopold has reported political, economic and social news from Europe, Africa and the
Middle East, as well as the United Nations. Her book was among the first published
in the West on women in East Germany.

She resigned from Reuters at the end of 2007 and is now freelancing for several
publications, and is a regular consultant for Security Council Report a Columbia
University-sponsored publication distributed to l U.N. diplomats and officials. She
heads a journalist fellowship fund the United Nations.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Chief correspondent, Reuters-United Nations, 1990-2007

Covered political, social, economic diplomacy for both Iraq wars; implications of
sanctions on Iraq, weapons inspectors; peacekeeping in Bosnia, Cambodia, Somalia,
Lebanon; peace negotiations in Central America, Congo; travelled with high level
delegations and filed from Somalia, Central America, Kenya, Congo, Sudan, including
Darfur and Chad.

Editor, Reuters Africa and Israel, managed eight Reuters bureaux;

spoke to governments on mishandling and censorship of local staff,
organized coverage of news in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ivory
Coast, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Israel.
1986-1989

Associate Editor, Reuters worldwide; deputy to editor in chief. Set quality

standards. Addressed correspondents conferences on all continents; 1984-1985

News Editor, North America, supervised staff of 60 reporters, implemented strategies

to raise Reuters profile in the United States and Canada. Organized coverage of the
of Iran hostage crisis among many other stories 1980-1983

Berlin, Germany; Recipient Alicia Patterson Fellowship. Co-authored book on East

Germany (Gretchen’s Rote Schwestern), published by Fischer Verlag (1974);
featured on cover of Stern magazine.) 1971-1974

AWARDS, ORGANIZATIONS:
Alicia Patterson Fellowship winner
United Nations Correspondents Association, First Prize for outstanding UN coverage,
2000
Chair of Dag Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund for Journalists, which sponsors four
correspondents annually from developing nations; mentoring, raising funds,
organizes gala lunch, 2007-2009
Council on Foreign Relations member
Women’s Foreign Policy Group.
New York Newswomen

TELEVISION APPEARANCES:
CNN, C-SPAN, CUNY

EDUCATION:
BA History, Douglass College, Rutgers University; Graduate work at Hunter College,
New School for Social Research, Free University of Berlin; Fluent in German,
proficient in French.