The Yale Club of Beijing Invites You to Brunch
“Network News to Diplomacy”
Beijing by way of London, Tehran, and New Haven
James Sciutto
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to US Ambassador to China Gary Locke
Former ABC News Senior Foreign Correspondent
11 a.m. on Sunday, June 3, 2012
James Sciutto, Yale ’92, will discuss the career choices that took him from reporting in over 40 countries around the world to serving as a top policy advisor for the US in China. Join us for brunch this Sunday and learn more about what it’s like to report from Myanmar in 2007, interview King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and serve as Chief of Staff to the US Ambassador to China.
XYZ Art Gallery
798 Middle Second Street, 798 Art District
北京798艺术区798中二街(比尔大叔红酒咖啡馆旁)
Please pay online through YooPay
100 RMB for Club members
120 RMB for Other Guests
At the door:
130 RMB for Club Members
150 RMB for Other Guests
Jim Sciutto
Jim Sciutto is Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to US Ambassador to China Gary Locke, a post he has held since December 2011.
Prior to accepting this political appointment, Sciutto was ABC News' Senior Foreign correspondent. Based in London from 2002-2011 and then in Washington, Sciutto reported from more than 50 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, including more than a dozen assignments each in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran. He contributed to all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including "World News," "Nightline" and "Good Morning America” and also anchored "World News" and "Good Morning America."
In 2010, Sciutto won the Edward R. Murrow award for his reporting from Iran during the 2009 election protests. In 2008 he was awarded the George Polk Award for Television Reporting for his work from Myanmar, as well as a Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club. Sciutto has defied government restrictions to report undercover from Myanmar, Zimbabwe and Iran several times.
He won Emmy awards in 2004 and 2005 for best story in a regularly scheduled newscast, covering northern Iraq for “Iraq: Where Things Stand.” He was nominated for other Emmys in 2005 for outstanding coverage of a breaking news story for “Crisis in Beslan” and in 2007 for Good Morning America’s “Around the World” series.
In September 2008, Sciutto published a book based on his reporting experiences in the Middle East, entitled "Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World," published by Random House. Publishers Weekly called it “deeply insightful” and “captivating”; Booklist, “much-needed light on dark geopolitical realities”. ABC News’ Charlie Gibson said “It’s a solid job of reporting, a personal journey of discovery and a wake-up call for all who read it.”
Prior to joining ABC News in 1998, Sciutto was Hong Kong-based correspondent for Asia Business News, an Asia-wide TV network owned by Dow Jones. He covered China, and the region from Mongolia to the Korean peninsula to Southeast Asia. Sciutto’s first job in television was as moderator and producer of “The Student Press,” a weekly public affairs talk show for U.S. and Canadian college students broadcast on PBS.
Sciutto earned a BA cum laude in Chinese history from Yale University in 1992. He was a Fulbright Fellow in Hong Kong from 1993 to 1994. In 2008, he was selected as a lifetime member of the Council of Foreign Relations. In 2002, he was appointed Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale.
798 Middle Second Street, 798 Art District
北京798艺术区798中二街(比尔大叔红酒咖啡馆旁)
Phone: 5762.3017
Directions: XYZ Art Gallery is located in 798 Art District. From Jiuxianqiao Rd turn east onto 797 Rd. Go straight until you reach Middle Second Street and turn right. XYZ Gallery will be on your right hand side next to Uncle Bill’s Wine and Coffee House.