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Mr James Astill
Energy and environment editor
- Location:
- London, UK
- Languages:
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- French
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Contact:
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+44-207-8307000 (office)
+44-7795018931 (mobile)
Email this person - Specialist Subjects:
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- Asia
- Energy
- Environment
- Security & defence
Biography
James Astill joined The Economist as International Security Editor in 2004. He had previously filed dispatches from Afghanistan, Pakistan and many African countries, while also working for the Guardian. In 2007 he moved to Delhi to be the South Asia correspondent, writing on all the countries of the Indian sub-continent. He has won several awards, including the Gerald Ford prize for his coverage of US security and the Grantham prize for a special report on the world's forests. He has also written special reports on India and on Pakistan. He became Energy and Environment Editor in 2011, and is based in London.
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