| LC control no. | n 96007824 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Krimsky, George A. |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Death date | 2017-01-20 |
| Field of activity | Journalism |
| Affiliation | Associated Press International Center for Journalists |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists |
| Found in | Hamilton, J.M. Hold the press, 1996: t.p. (George A. Krimsky) Scotsman WWW site, viewed Jan. 30, 2017 (in obituary dated Jan. 24, 2017: journalist and author George Krimsky, who covered Charles Manson's arrest, the Lebanese civil war and dissident activity in the Soviet Union and co-founded a centre for international journalists, has died aged 75; Krimsky, who lived in Washington, died on Friday [Jan. 20, 2017]; In 1969 he began working for The Associated Press agency in Los Angeles; later worked for the AP at its New York headquarters and then, in 1974, was posted to the Soviet Union as a correspondent; left the AP in 1985 to help establish what became the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ), a training and help facility in Washington, D.C.; worked as an independent media consultant, a journalism trainer, a reporter and a columnist before retiring in 2012; co-authored the book Hold the Press: The Inside Story on Newspapers) |
| Associated language | eng |
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