In Memory of Daniel Pearl At Home in the World (209 hits)
1963 - 2002 DANIEL PEARL became the focus of international concern when he was kidnapped and brutally murdered by Islamic extremists in Pakistan while investigating a story for The Wall Street Journal.
About Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl was named South Asia bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Bombay, India, in December 2000. He joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in Atlanta in November 1990 and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1993 to cover transportation.
In January 1996 he moved to London, and in February 1998 began reporting from the Journal's Paris bureau. Mr. Pearl had been a reporter for the North Adams, Mass., Transcript in 1986; the Springfield, Mass., Union News in 1987 and the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass., 1988, where he won an American Planning Association Award for a five-part series on land use.
A Princeton, N.J., native, Mr. Pearl graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in communications. He married Mariane, a French journalist, in 1999; A few months before his abduction on Jan. 23, 2002, the couple learned she was pregnant; a few days before the abduction, they discovered the child would be a boy. Their son, Adam D. Pearl, was born on May 28, 2002, in Paris.
"At Home in the World" celebrates Mr. Pearl's life through 50 of his best Journal articles. Edited by his longtime friend and colleague, Helene Cooper, this collection gives testimony to Mr. Pearl's extraordinary skill as a writer, and to his talent for friendship and collaboration.
As a staff reporter and editor, Mr. Pearl's eye for quirky stories -- many of which appeared in The Journal's iconic "middle column" -- and his ability to uncover wrongdoing and make friends of strangers of all cultures are apparent throughout this carefully assembled compilation (available in hardcover and e-book formats in June).
The selections in "At Home in the World" range from child beauty pageants in the South, to the making of the world's largest Persian rug, to the Taliban's exploitation of a gemstone market to fund terrorism. Anecdotes from friends and colleagues provide background, context, and a glimpse of his life at the Journal.
Mr. Pearl's articles, with datelines from the U.S. and abroad, showcase a dogged reporter who never lost sight of the humanity behind the news. A foreword by his widow, Mariane Pearl, and a contribution by his father, Judea Pearl, celebrate his desire to change the world, his basic decency and fair-mindedness, and his sense of fun and love of family. Published by Wall Street Journal Books/Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc.
