Ann Scott Tyson Explained

Ann Scott Tyson
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Harvard College
Columbia University
Occupation:Journalist
Known For:War-correspondent
Notable Works:American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant
Spouse:Jim Gant

Ann Scott Tyson is an American journalist, reporting from combat zones since the invasion of Iraq, and recently from Asia. She has written for The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Seattle Times.[1]

Biography

Early life and career

Tyson is a graduate of Harvard University with an honors degree in government and has studied economics and business at Columbia University.[2]

Tyson covered the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for over a decade, she also covered Asia and China for eight years, as well as the Pentagon, Congress, and the Midwest United States. As of 2020 Tyson serves as the Beijing Bureau Chief for the Christian Science Monitor.[3]

Fellow journalist Amelia Newcomb wrote that Tyson "is one of those rare multifaceted journalists who reports with fearlessness and sensitivity. She can report alongside troops at war or sit down with Melinda Gates, ... and get her to open up about spirituality and her life journey."[4]

Relation with Jim Gant

In September 2010, Tyson took a leave of absence from The Washington Post and went to Kunar to live with United States Army Special Forces officer Jim Gant for nine months, in violation of military regulations.[5] She first had spoken with Gant in 2007 over the phone and described him as "the Green Beret who could win the war in Afghanistan". Gant had a reputation mobilizing local tribes against the Taliban, and was reportedly extremely successful, but was fired for his relationship with Tyson. In 2014 Tyson published a book about Gant titled American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant.[6] [7] [8]

Tyson and Gant have married and live in Seattle, Washington.[9] [2]

Books

Notes and References

  1. http://www.c-span.org/person/?anntyson Ann Scott Tyson
  2. Web site: Ann Scott Tyson. Harper Collins. 23 September 2018. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052703/http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-106859/ann-scott-tyson. dead.
  3. Web site: Ann Scott Tyson Beijing Bureau Chief . csmonitor.com . CSM . 10 October 2020.
  4. News: Newcomb . Amelia . 'Translating for myself': Ann Scott Tyson on seeing China from the inside . 10 October 2020 . CS Monitor.
  5. Web site: Wood. David. The Green Beret Whose Strategy Could Have Saved Afghanistan, But Not His Career. HuffPost. April 22, 2020. 0400.
  6. News: In Afghanistan, A U.S. Special Forces Major's Meteoric Rise And Humiliating Fall. 25 March 2014. Huffington Post. 24 March 2014.
  7. News: Byers . Dylan . The case of Ann Scott Tyson . Politico . politico.com.
  8. News: Ricks . Tom . Ann Scott Tyson's astonishing new account of an SF officer in Afghanistan . Foreign Policy.
  9. News: Jim Gant, Ann Scott Tyson and their Afghan Affair. BBC News . 26 June 2014 . 25 May 2020.