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Amir Mizroch

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Name
  
Amir Mizroch

Role
  
Journalist

Education
  
Rhodes University


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Profiles

Amir Mizroch (Hebrew: עמיר מיזרוח‎‎; born December 6, 1975) is an Israeli journalist and Technology Editor, Europe, The Middle East and Africa at The Wall Street Journal, based in London. He presents a current affairs radio show on TLV1. Formerly, he was editor of the English Edition of Israel Hayom, the nation's most widely circulated daily newspaper. He was formerly the Executive Editor and News Editor of The Jerusalem Post..

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Early life and education

Mizroch was born in Israel and raised in South Africa, returning to Israel in 2000 after college. He has a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Career

Mizroch first worked as an investigative news producer at the Mail & Guardian television in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2002 he joined the The Jerusalem Post, serving as Managing Editor of the paper's website jpost.com. He was News Editor from 2004 to April 2010. On April 21 he was promoted to Executive Editor. Apart from directing the newspaper's news coverage and editing much of the 'Post's content, Mizroch wrote stories and analysis for the paper on a regular basis. He resigned in February 2011. He joined Israel Hayom in April 2011, and left in November 2013.

He keeps his own blog called Forecast Highs. He is also a frequent contributor to the Danger Room blog of Wired Magazine.

On 16 January 2014, it was announced that he will be joining The Wall Street Journal as Technology Editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Honors

  • Certificate of Merit award for Journalism from the B'nai B'rith World Center for American Jewish Communities blog.[2]
  • Bertelsmann Stiftung - German Israeli Young Leaders Exchange program
  • Articles

  • The weather is with Hamas The Jerusalem Post Dec 31, 2008
  • Analysis: An unforgivable act in an unforgiving situation The Jerusalem Post Dec 18, 2008
  • Jews Lost and Found in India
  • How Free Explains Israel's Flotilla Fiasco June 2, 2010
  • References

    Amir Mizroch Wikipedia