Photograph by Reza
Photograph by Reza
National Geographic‘s chief foreign affairs correspondent, Senior Editor Don Belt has lived, on assignment, with Bedouin in Jordan, truckers in India, tribesmen in Pakistan, sailors in Siberia, and flea-bitten fishermen on the west coast of Mexico. It’s all in a day’s work for an award-winning author who’s traveled to 50 countries over the past two decades reporting on the peoples and places of the world.
As a senior editor of the magazine since 1999, Don has helped to shape National Geographic‘s coverage of topics including weapons of mass destruction, Islam and the West, the making of the modern Middle East, and the life of Lawrence of Arabia. His most recent project is an article about the modernization of India. But whatever the assignment, Don’s specialty is connecting with ordinary people in the far-flung corners of the world, and celebrating both the diversity of human experience and the things we have in common.
Drawing on his past lives as a poet, carpenter, ambulance driver, and soccer player—as well as his experience as a journalist—Don has lectured on Middle Eastern geography and politics at George Washington University, addressed the World Presidents Organization, briefed the U.S. Congress on Pakistan, and taught the craft of non-fiction writing at the Poynter Institute’s annual National Writers Workshop. A dynamic and thoughtful presenter, Don has also appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR, and newscasts around the U.S. and the world.
Learn More About Don:
NGM: The Forgotten Faithful (June 2009)
NGM: India’s Highway (October 2008)
Listen to Radio Interview With Don Belt
Boyd Matson Interviews Don for NG Weekend Radio Show
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