The Most Famous
JOURNALISTS from New Zealand
This page contains a list of the greatest New Zealander Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 196 Journalists, 1 of which were born in New Zealand. This makes New Zealand the birth place of the 37th most number of Journalists behind Norway and Trinidad and Tobago.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary New Zealander Journalists of all time. This list of famous New Zealander Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Peter Arnett (1934 - )
With an HPI of 42.04, Peter Arnett is the most famous New Zealander Journalist. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Peter Gregg Arnett (born 13 November 1934) is a New Zealand-born American journalist. He is known for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. He was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam from 1962 to 1965, mostly reporting for the Associated Press. Arnett also worked for National Geographic magazine, and later for various television networks, most notably for nearly two decades at CNN. Arnett published a memoir, Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad, 35 Years in the World's War Zones (1994). In March 1997, Arnett interviewed Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda. The journalism school at the Southern Institute of Technology in New Zealand was named for Arnett.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as journalists born between 1934 and 1934. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living journalists include Peter Arnett.
