WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007
New York Observer
John Burns (left) is credited with creating a compound in which some 70 Iraqi staffers and a handful of NYT reporters operate amid chaos and deteriorating security outside. "The bureau is this extraordinary enterprise," reporter
Dexter Filkins tells
Michael Calderone. "It's in a society in a state of total collapse. It's autonomous. John built that. I don’t think anyone else could have done that. I hope it can carry on without him."
James Glanz replaces London-bound Burns this summer.
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