Robyn Dixon
Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robyn Dixon is a journalist and Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post.[1]
Robyn Dixon | |
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| Born | Melbourne (Australia)  |
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| Occupation | Foreign correspondent |
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Dixon was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia.[2] She graduated from Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne.[3] Her mother is a housewife and her father is a judge in the County Court of Victoria.[2] Since 1978, Dixon has worked as an editor for The Herald newspaper in Australia. From 1993, she worked as a Moscow correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age for four years.[4][3]
Since 1999, she worked as a foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. In 2003, she moved with her daughter Sylvia to Johannesburg, South Africa, where she became bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times;[4] and in 2018 she became bureau chief in Beijing, China.[3][5]
Since November 2019, she has been the Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post.[6]
Dixon speaks English, Russian and French.[3]
- 2007 Sigma Delta Chi Award for international reporting;[3][7]
- 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for "outstanding reporting of the lives and strife of disadvantaged people throughout the world";[4][8]
- 2008 Citation by the Overseas Press Club in relation to the Joe and Laurie Dine award for international reporting dealing with human rights;[3][9]
- 2009 Batten Medal by the American Society of News Editors;[3][10]
- 2009 Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in reporting;[2][3]
- 2016 Madeline Dane Ross Award by the Overseas Press Club for the "best international reporting in print or digital showing a concern for the human condition".[3][11]
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