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Joel Dreyfuss
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Biography
Joel Dreyfuss is a freelance journalist and author. He writes frequently about technology and venture capital for CNBC. He is a former Global Opinions Contributing Columnist for The Washington Post, based in Paris. In a career that spans four decades, he has held numerous leadership positions as a journalist, including Senior Editor and Tokyo Bureau Chief of Fortune magazine, Editor of PC Magazine, and Managing Editor of TheRoot.com. He has thrice been an editor-in-chief: at Information Week, Red Herring and Urban Box Office. Joel has been a reporter for the Washington Post, New York Bureau Chief of USA Today and a Senior Writer at Bloomberg Markets magazine. A native of Haiti, he grew up in New York, Paris and Monrovia, Liberia. He is co-author, with Charles Lawrence III, of “The Bakke Case: The Politics of Inequality.” He is currently writing a book about his family’s 300-year involvement with Haiti.
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By Joel Dreyfuss| POLITICO Verified Opinion | Why My Haiti Needs Another RevolutionHaiti has suffered political crises before, but never has its future seemed so bleak. But one of its native sons sees a solution to the chaos. Youths dressed as independence heroes take part in a Haitian Flag Day celebration in Arcahaie, Haiti, on May 18, 2016. | Dieu Nalio Chery/APJoel Dreyfuss is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists and a former Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post.
By Joel Dreyfuss| POLITICO Verified Election campaign posters for French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and populist right candidate Marine Le Pen were displayed for the 2017 elections. A second runoff between the two candidates is a possibility for 2022. | AP Photo/Francois MoriJoel Dreyfuss is a former Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post. He lives in New York and Paris.
By Joel Dreyfuss| POLITICO Verified But as Haiti has sunk into despair, the diaspora could be a lifeline. Haitians living abroad are not tainted by the corruption that pervades the political class in Haiti, and have achieved success in more meritocratic societies. The diaspora has acquired expertise, cultural and political clout, and experience living in democratic countries. As America struggles to respond to Haiti’s crisis, policymakers in Washington and diaspora members themselves should think about how to tap this resource.
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New York, Paris, United States