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Dan Perry

United States
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Led Mideast/Europe/Africa/Caribbean at the Associated Press, author and publisher of Ask Questions Later at danperry.substack.com
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Dan Perry’s Biography

Dan Perry is a writer, entrepreneur and communications professional who served as the Middle East Editor of the Associated Press news agency, based in Cairo, during the Arab Spring and the resultant regional upheaval – a time when the agency won numerous prizes for investigative and visual work in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen and Gaza (including the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for an investigative all-format series on the Yemen war).

Previously he led AP in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, and was a leader in AP's move to digital distribution, content creation and user experience.

From 2001-2004 he served as the chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, driving the industry’s efforts to ensure freedom of access and information with both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities during the Second Intifada.

Dan has been a regular delegate at the World Economic Forum in Davos and various other global leadership conferences, hosting panels with political and business leaders. His array of interview subjects range from Benjamin Netanyahu to John McCain, Tony Blair, Mikhail Gorbachev, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and U2 frontman Bono. He also writes a blog for the Times of Israel website.

A twice-published book author, his unusual background includes engineering and business studies at the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in computer science from Columbia University,

Since leaving AP in 2018, he has focused on technology projects, strategic communications and opinion writing.

Dan is the Managing Partner of the NY-based Thunder11 communications firm, recognized as a member of the 2020 Elite Agency 100 and named Boutique of the Year by the 2019 Platinum Awards.

Dan started his journalism career as a photographer. Check out his images on Instagram at @danperry63