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Shai Oster is an American journalist, formerly with ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), now based in Hong Kong for ''Bloomberg Businessweek''.〔() 〕 He has won several awards in more than a decade as a journalist in China, Europe, and the U.S., writing about a broad range of economic, business and social issues. Before joining the ''WSJ'' China Bureau, Oster covered OPEC for Dow Jones Newswires in London. He previously served as Beijing bureau chief for ''Asiaweek'' magazine and as Beijing correspondent for the Bureau of National Affairs and the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. The recipient of the George Polk Award for environmental reporting and Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Award in 2008, he was also part of a ''Wall Street Journal'' team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting on China. The jury cited the ''WSJ'' staff for "its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution."〔 Shai received his B.A. in history from Columbia University in 1994 and a Masters degree in Journalism from the Columbia School of Journalism in 1998. He is known for his reporting on the Three Gorges Dam. Oster reported details regarding environmental problems with the dam and impacts on Chinese citizens living within affected areas along the banks of the Yangzee River including 1.4 million people forced to leave their homes by the government. Specifically, he noted that the Chinese government intended to displace a further 4 million people, a claim that sparked controversy, others claiming the resettlement plan was only tangentally related to the dam. Oster was born in Jerusalem and speaks Hebrew, French, Mandarin and English. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife Alisha Alexander ==Awards== Oster has won numerous awards in the US, Europe and Asia for reporting across a broad spectrum of topics from Saudi Arabia's economic and energy issues to inequality and the elite in China. These are some of his more prominent honors. *2000 Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellow *2004 Dow Jones Newswires Award for Journalistic Excellence *2005 Business Journalist of the Year, UK〔 *2005 OnLine Journalist of the Year, UK *2007 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting〔("The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners: International Reporting" ). The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-05. With reprints of 10 works (''WSJ'' articles June 12 to December 27, 2006).〕〔Shai Oster and Jane Spencer, ("A Poison Spreads Amid China's Boom: Dangerously high levels of lead are discovered in many children ..." ). ''The Wall Street Journal''. September 30, 2006. Reprint at The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-05.〕 *2007 George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting〔 〕 *2007 SOPA Awards for Excellence in Feature Writing *2008 Osborn Elliott Award for Excellence in Journalism, from The Asia Society *2008 The Scoop Award from SOPA *2008 Excellence in Public Service Award from SOPA *2008 12th Annual Human Rights Press Award *2009 SOPA Awards Excellence in Business Reporting *2011 Overseas Press Club of America Malcolm Forbes Award〔 *2013 George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting *2013 Overseas Press Club of America Award for Investigative Reporting *2013 Osborn Elliott Award for Excellence in Journalism, from The Asia Society〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shai Oster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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