Chris Kraul
Freelance Writer, Bogota, Colombia
Current Assignment:
- Latin America special correspondent for Los Angeles Times. Responsible for politics, economics, drugs and cultural coverage.
- Correspondent for Platts Oilgram, and oil industry newsletter; Japan-based Foresight Magazine; and Latin Trade magazine
Work Experience:
2006--May, 2009: Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and Bogota Bureau chief, responsible for Latin America coverage…I also covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
2001-2006: Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent based in Mexico City bureau, responsible for Central America as well
1987-2001: Los Angeles Times business reporter and editor.
1986-87: San Diego Union Tribune, business reporter.
1984-86: San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, business reporter
1980-1984: San Diego Business Journal, reporter and ditor
1973-80: Various newspaper jobs, including: Catholic Free Press, Worcester, Mass.; Ottawa (Ontario) Citizen; freelance writer-photographer, Houston, Tex.
Skills: Fluent in Spanish, passable in Portuguese, knowledgeable in finance and photography
Education: BA in mass communicatons, University of South Florida
Personal: Divorced, two grown children.