Paul Mozur

Correspondent, New York Times

Paul Mozur is a correspondent focused on technology and geopolitics in Asia. He was part of a team that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in public service for coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. He has covered the global spread of disinformation online, the rise of new censorship and surveillance technologies, China’s innovation boom and the emerging tech competition between China and the United States. In addition to winning the 2021 Pulitzer, he was twice a part of teams that were named as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize: in 2020 for coverage of China’s efforts to repress millions of Muslims through camps and surveillance, and in 2019 for reporting that examined how Facebook allowed the spread of misinformation across its platform. His other honors include the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Gerald Loeb Award, the George Polk Award and the Bob Considine Award from the Overseas Press Club of America. He co-produced a short documentary, “Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State,” which was nominated for an Emmy. He began working for the New York Times in 2014 and has covered Asia since 2007. A Mandarin speaker, he previously worked for the Wall Street Journal, The Standard and The Far Eastern Economic Review. Paul grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Dartmouth College.