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Declan Walsh
Journalist

Declan Walsh

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Reporting from Pakistan and Africa and writing The Nine Lives of Pakistan.

The Nine Lives of Pakistan · Sudan reporting

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Declan Walsh

Declan Walsh is an Irish journalist whose international reporting has appeared in The Guardian and The New York Times.

Early life

Education

Grew up in Ballina and studied commerce at University College Dublin and journalism at Dublin City University.

Career

  1. 1998

    First newspaper job

    Joined The Sunday Business Post.

  2. 2004

    Islamabad

    Became The Guardian’s Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent.

  3. 2012

    New York Times

    Became its Pakistan bureau chief.

Selected work

The Nine Lives of Pakistan

Published a book drawing on his years reporting in the country.

Sudan reporting

Shared the international-reporting Pulitzer for New York Times coverage.

Beyond work

Press freedom

Pakistan expelled him in May 2013, citing unspecified undesirable activities. International media and press-freedom organisations challenged the decision; Walsh continued reporting on Pakistan from abroad.

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