Paul Salopek

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Salopek
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1962(1962-02-09)
Age	62
Birthplace	Barstow
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Paul Salopek Biography

Paul Salopek is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on February 9, 1962 in Barstow, California, United States. Journalist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. One for Explanatory Journalism and the second for International Reporting covering the continent of Africa.

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Salopek received a degree in environmental biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984. Salopek has worked intermittently as a commercial fisherman, most recently with the scallop fleet out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1991. His career in journalism began in 1985 when his motorcycle broke in Roswell, New Mexico and he took a police-reporting job at the local newspaper to earn repair money.

In 1998 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for two articles profiling the Human Genome Diversity Project. In 2001, he won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for work covering Africa. Columbia University President George Rupp presented Salopek with the prize, “for his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel- controlled regions of the Congo.”

His wife Linda was with him for seven years of walking along routes that were used by the first human beings who left Africa.

Paul Salopek Net Worth

Paul Salopek is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Salopek 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born and raised in Mexico however he was able to earn an education from Environmental Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He was arrested in Sudan as he was working with National Geographic in 2006.

Paul Salopek (born February 9, 1962 in Barstow, California) is a journalist and writer from the United States. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and was raised in central Mexico. Salopek has reported globally for the Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, National Geographic Magazine and many other publications. In January 2013, Salopek embarked on the “Out of Eden Walk”, a seven-year walk along one of the routes taken by early humans to migrate out of Africa, a transcontinental foot journey that will cover more than 20,000 miles funded by the National Geographic Society, the Knight Foundation and the Abundance Foundation.

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Who is Paul Salopek Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul Salopek celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Paul Salopek

1. Paul Salopek is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
2. He was born in California in 1962.
3. Salopek has walked over 20,000 miles across the world.
4. His journey began in Ethiopia and will end in Chile.
5. The walk is called the Out of Eden Walk.
6. It aims to retrace human migration out of Africa.
7. Salopek has written for National Geographic and other publications.
8. He speaks multiple languages including Arabic and Spanish.
9. The walk is expected to take seven years to complete.
10. Salopek’s reporting focuses on global issues such as climate change and conflict zones.

Where is Paul Salopek now?

In October 2021, after a 20-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he has made it to China and is continuing the walk (he has not completed the walk within the planned 7 years).

What is Paul Salopek trying to?

Project Overview. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek is retracing our ancestors’ ancient migration on foot out of Africa and across the globe. His 24,000-mile, multiyear odyssey began in Ethiopia—our evolutionary “Eden”—in January 2013 and will end at the tip of South America.

How far has Paul Salopek walked?

Slow Down, Find Humanity Paul Salopek’s 24,000-mile odyssey is a decade- long experiment in slow journalism. Moving at the beat of his footsteps, Paul is walking the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age and made the Earth ours.

What work is Paul Salopek known for?

In 1998, National Geographic explorer Paul Salopek won his first Pulitzer Prize for profiling the Human Genome Diversity Project , which charted the genetic relationship among 51 populations around the world. He had been working at the Chicago Tribune for just two years at the time.

What happened to the Out of Eden Walk?

Announcement. After a yearlong pause due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Paul Salopek resumed walking in September, 2021. Some 14,000 miles lie ahead, beginning with a historic traverse across China—a momentous and unique opportunity to illuminate the wonders of a world rediscovered on foot.