Daniszewski joined the '' Los Angeles Times '' in 1996 as the Middle East bureau chief based in Cairo and reporting from across the region . In 2000 , he became the newspaper ’s Moscow bureau chief . He covered the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks in Pakistan , Afghanistan , and Iraq , and he stayed on the ground in Baghdad to report on the impact of the “ shock and awe ’’ bombardment of the city and the U.S. ’s 2003 invasion of Iraq . He remained as the newspaper ’s Baghdad bureau chief during the ensuing conflict and returned regularly after being named London bureau chief in 2004 . Daniszewski was a member of the '' Los Angeles Times '' team that won an Overseas Press Club award and was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for its coverage of the Iraqi Civil War
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
John Daniszewski