He has covered Greece and southeast Europe since the fall of communism. He has been Al Jazeera International's Greece correspondent since 2012. John holds a BA and MA in Ancient Greek from King's College London. He cut his teeth in journalism working as a producer for CNN International in Atlanta. From 1999 to 2009 he was Editor-in-chief of the Athens News, Greece's historic, English-language newspaper. He has written for numerous publications including The Weekly Standard, The American Scholar, The Daily Beast, the Times Literary Supplement and The Washington Post. His personal blog is http://www.thenewathenian.com/.