About Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild began his journalism career as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Subsequently he worked for ten years as a magazine editor and writer, at Ramparts and Mother Jones. Freelance articles of his have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine and elsewhere. He is the author of six books, mostly on subjects to do with human rights, including King Leopold’s Ghost and Finding the Trapdoor, a collection of his magazine pieces. His most recent book, Bury the Chains, was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has consulted for the BBC and taught writing workshops for working journalists in the U.S., Britain, Zambia, South Africa and India.
Published Stories:
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The Trial of Thomas Lubanga (The Atlantic)
In the second of three magazine pieces from his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hochschild observes former child soldiers watching the International Criminal Court's first trial.
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Rape of the Congo (The New York Review of Books)
Lecturer Adam Hochschild went to the Democratic Republic of Congo in June to work with a "60 Minutes" crew and to write several magazine pieces. The first appears in The New York Review of Books.
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Practicing History Without a License (Historically Speaking)
Lecturer Adam Hochschild talks to historians about his experience of coming as a journalist to the writing of history.