10 Facts About Jay Bahadur

Jay Bahadur was born on 1984 and is a Canadian journalist and author.

Jay Bahadur became known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia, writing for The New York Times, The Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Times of London.

Interested in working as a journalist, Jay Bahadur was told by real journalists to avoid going to school to study journalism and to obtain experience working as a freelancer in "crazy places" instead.

Jay Bahadur has written for The New York Times, The Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, The Times of London, and he has worked for CBS News as a freelance correspondent.

Jay Bahadur quit his job and purchased a ticket to Somalia.

Several months before Jay Bahadur arrived, Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage by gunmen far away from the relatively safe areas of Somaliland and Puntland where Jay Bahadur was working on his interviews.

In January 2009, Jay Bahadur traveled for almost two days to reach the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeastern Somalia.

Jay Bahadur visited Africa several times, spending three months in areas that most journalists never visit.

Jay Bahadur returned from his first trip in March 2009, just before the Maersk Alabama hijacking in April.

Jay Bahadur planned on finishing his first book before 2010, but it took much longer than he expected.