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John Zarocostas

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​John Zarocostas  is a Geneva-based independent (freelance) international correspondent and broadcaster with more than 30 years' experience in covering  international issues  for print, radio and television outlets from the days of the Cold War to the era of hyper-globalization.

His assignments have included news reports and commentary for  radio  and television outlets in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa, including: France24-English channel; CBS radio and television (U.S.); NPR ;USA Radio; Market News; CBC Television, Canada; Irish radio and television,;SBS television, Sydney; BBC World Service Programs (commentator); SBC, Singapore; 2UE, Sydney ;and Radio New Zealand

Similarly, his dispatches for newspapers ,and magazines, have been published, among other, by:

-   McClatchy Newspapers (via McClatchyDC) and syndicated to 1200 outlets worldwide
-   Penske Media Corporation, U.S.
-   The International Herald Tribune 
-    The New York Times
-   The Journal of Commerce , New York
-   The National Law Journal (weekly) , New York
-   CondeNast publications, New York
-   The Times, London
-    The Sunday Times, London
-   The Irish Times, Dublin
-   The Hindustan Times
-   The BMJ (British Medical Journal), London
-   The Lancet, London
-   The Pharmaceutical-Journal, London
-   Sunday Business/The Business (weekly), London
-   American Metal Market (AMM), New York
-   The Globe and Mail, Toronto
-   The National Post, Toronto
-   The New Zealand Herald
-   The Canberra Times, Canberra
-   The Australian Financial Review, Sydney
-   The Straits Times, Singapore
-   The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
 -  The Australian, Sydney
 -  Lloyd’s List, London
 -  The Mining-Journal, London
 -  The Washington Times
 -  The Deal, New York
  -  The Economist, London
  -  Maclean's news magazine, Toronto
  -  European Business, London
  -  News-Sense.online
  - World Trade Agenda, Geneva
  - Human Rights Tribune, Geneva

He has also filed  copy for news wires,including:
- Bloomberg Financial News
- United Press International (UPI)
- Australian Associated Press (AAP)
- New Zealand Press Association (NZPA)
- Canadian Press (CP)
- Market News International (MNI) New York
- Futures World News (FWN), Cedar Falls

He was  President of the  UN Correspondents Association (ACANU), Geneva  2010/11 and 2009/10, ACANU Vice-President, 2003/04, and Secretary-General of the  Foreign Press Association in Switzerland & Liechtenstein (APES), 1993-1995

In December, 2016 he was  awarded the  Prix Nicolas Bouvier  by the Geneva Press Club  for international written press coverage (2015/2016).
 
He was also a contributing author to the M.Ayoub (ed) book, Conflict and Intervention in the Third World , ANU press, (Canberra,) Croom Helm, (London,) and St Martin's Press, (New York,) 1980.

He studied economics, political science, and international relations at universities in Australia and Switzerland, and has  also been a visiting fellow at Oxford University.

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