14 Facts About Bob Drogin

Bob Drogin worked for the Los Angeles Times, for nearly four decades.

Bob Drogin spent eight years as a foreign correspondent, and as bureau chief in Manila and Johannesburg, before returning to the US Bob Drogin covered intelligence and national security in the Washington bureau, from 1998 until retiring in November 2020.

Bob Drogin has a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and received his master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Bob Drogin has won a number of awards during his career, including the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, and two prizes for his book, "Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War," a story of the Iraqi informant, who was a key source of false claims about Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Bob Drogin is a graduate of Oberlin College, class of '73, with a degree in Asian Studies.

Bob Drogin was accepted for the fellowship, and returned to Indonesia, for two years, working for UNICEF, as a Shansi representative.

Bob Drogin lived in Jakarta, supporting himself on the income from the fellowship and the pay from UNICEF.

Bob Drogin, decided he did not want to work as a photographer, so he took a job with The Charlotte Observer, where he remained for.

Bob Drogin began his work at The Los Angeles Times as a national correspondent based in New York City.

Bob Drogin traveled to nearly every state and covered the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns.

Bob Drogin subsequently moved overseas as a foreign correspondent, serving for eight years, as bureau chief in Manila and Johannesburg.

Bob Drogin reported on Nelson Mandela's election as president of South Africa, the genocide in Rwanda, the Gulf War, and other news from countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Bob Drogin returned to Washington, in 1998, working as the Deputy Bureau Chief until retiring in November 2020.

Bob Drogin is the author of the 2007 book, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War, which describes the role of the Curveball, the Iraqi informant who was a key source for false claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.