In the summer of 1999 , Osnos joined the '' Chicago Tribune '' as a metro reporter , and , later , a national and foreign correspondent . He was based in New York at the time of the September 11 attacks . In 2002 , he was assigned to the Middle East , where he covered the Iraq War and reported from Egypt , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Iran , and elsewhere . In 2005 , he became the China correspondent . He was a guest on the '' Colbert Report '' in 2007 and 2011 to discuss China 's changes . He was part of a '' Chicago Tribune '' team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Evan Osnos