David Alandete

Managing Editor and Deputy Director, El País

2000, degree (Hons) in Media Studies, Universitat de València; 2001, Master's in Journalism, El País School of Journalism; 2006, Master's in International Policy and 2006-07, Fulbright scholar, George Washington University. 2006-13, United States correspondent, El País, Washington Bureau. Covered two presidential campaigns. Accredited journalist in the State Department, the Pentagon and Congress. 2011, travelled to Kabul to report on the 10th anniversary of the military operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Also visited the detention camp in the Guantanamo Naval Base to cover the detainees' trials. 2013-14, Middle East correspondent, El País, Jerusalem, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also travelled to Damascus and the refugee camps in Jordan to cover the Syrian civil war, as well as to Egypt covering the end of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood/overthrow of Morsi.

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