16 Facts About Tania Long

Tania Long was an American journalist and war correspondent during World War II.

Tania Long received her journalistic training by observing and assisting her father.

Tania Long began working as a reporter for the Newark Ledger the following year.

Tania Long decided to stay in Berlin, Germany, and worked for the New York Herald Tribune.

Tania Long noticed that people were disappearing from her apartment building.

Tania Long spent two weeks in Copenhagen taking down by hand the news copy from the Polish front sent by Joseph Barnes, Herald Tribune correspondent.

Tania Long was dispatched to Paris, where she received notification of her permanent assignment.

However, in late September 1939, Tania Long was transferred to London, where a shortage of staff had developed due to the illness of the bureau chief, Ralph Barnes.

Tania Long left the Herald Tribune and joined The New York Times in February 1942.

In 1944, Tania Long was asked to do a job for the Office of Strategic Services and was assigned to the headquarters of the First Army in Spa, Belgium, which was already occupied by US forces.

Ray arrived there the day the Allies entered Berlin, and Tania Long followed the day after.

That same year, Ray and Tania Long were transferred to The Times's Canadian bureau in Ottawa.

When Ray was assigned to the United Nations in 1964, the Daniells moved to New York City, thus enabling Tania Long to pay frequent visits to her mother in Westport, Connecticut.

In late 1969, Tania Long began her second career as the publicist for the Music Department of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Tania Long's mother had come to Canada via Berlin, Brittany, and Connecticut and, just a few days short of her 94th birthday, fell ill with pneumonia and died on March 29,1978.

Tania Long enjoyed attending opera, ballet, and symphony concerts; her hobbies included reading, swimming, and gardening.