Scott Savitt Explained

Scott Savitt is a former foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times although according to Los Angeles Times records he never held a staff position there, and United Press International in Beijing. His articles have been published in The Los Angeles Times,^{[1] [2]} Washington Post,^[3] Wall Street Journal,^[4] New York Times,^[5] and many other publications.^{[6] [7] [8]}

He has been interviewed on NPR, BBC, ABC’s Nightline and the CBS News. He is the in-house Chinese-English translator for numerous human rights organizations. In 1994, he founded Beijing Scene,^[9] China’s first independent English-language newspaper.^[7] In 2003 he published China Now magazine.^[10]

He’s the founding editor of the award-winning Contexts magazine. He was a visiting scholar at Duke University and now lives with his family in Ann Arbor, Michigan.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Books

Crashing the Party: An American Reporter in China (2016)^[14]

Notes and References

1. News: Olympic flame burnishes and burns. Ni. Ching-Ching. 2008-04-28. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 0458-3035. 2016-11-22.
2. News: The Master of Survival : Art: Liu Haisu, father of modern Chinese art, has faced many adversaries--from Nationalists to Communists to the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution. At 100, he has outlived them all.. SAVITT. SCOTT. 1994-08-04. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 0458-3035. 2016-11-22.
3. News: Caught in the Middle, Called a Traitor. Wang. Grace. 2008-04-20. 2017-10-09. en-US. 0190-8286.
4. News: China's Internet Shakedown. 2000-02-02. Wall Street Journal. 0099-9660. 2016-11-22.
5. News: In China, Strolling for Reform. Wang. Archer. 2011-03-04. Savitt. Scott. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-11-22.
6. News: NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE. SFGate. 2016-11-22.
7. Web site: Assignment: China - Tiananmen Square US-China Institute. china.usc.edu. 2016-11-22.
8. News: Around the World in 10 Books. https://web.archive.org/web/20161001112438/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/travel-interests/tips-and-advice/best-travel-books-fall-booklist/. dead. October 1, 2016. 2016-09-27. 2016-11-22.
9. Web site: Gimme my Beijing Scene!. www.beijingscene.com.
10. Web site: China Now Magazine. www.chinanowmag.com.
11. News: Imprisoned and blacklisted: Alum pens book on his two decades in China. The Chronicle. 2016-11-22.
12. News: NC Journalists Remember Tiananmen Square 25 Years Later. Stasio. Will Michaels, Frank. 2016-11-22.
13. News: 美记者断言：六四会再次发生 一党专政会终结. 莉雅. 美国之音. 2016-11-22.
14. Book: Savitt, Scott. Crashing the Party: An American Reporter in China. 2016-11-15. Soft Skull Press. 9781593766528. English.