Talk:Janine di Giovanni

message: Someone, with little (i.e. no) history of Wikipedia contribution, is trying repeatedly to revert this biography to version that was deemed unacceptable a couple of months back.
It's quite probable that this someone, in its latest incarnation user "TheTzatz", is Janine Di Giovani Herself.
I'm pretty convinced that this is not acceptable from a Wikipedia policy standpoint.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.228.45.48 (talk) 23:51, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Janine di Giovanni is trying repeatedly to push a self-serving bio

message: This should not be deleted because Janine di Giovanni is a well-known war correspondent for The Times of London, Vanity Fair, and MilitaryWeek. She is also the author of "Madness Visible: A Memoir of War" (an expansion of a Vanity Fair feature), which was published by Bloomsbury and Knopf in 2003.
From the Times of London:
"Janine di Giovanni has covered numerous conflicts for The Times. An Italian-American, she came to London in 1987. She began her career as a foreign correspondent reporting from Israel. Her book about the lives of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Against the Stranger was published in 1993. Her coverage of the civil war in Bosnia for The Sunday Times led to a book The Quick and the Dead: Under Siege in Sarajevo. During the early weeks of the Nato bombardment, she was briefly taken hostage by Serbs. She spent several weeks living with the KLA within Kosovo, near the Albanian border. She was the only reporter to cover the fall of Grozny, Chechnya. She has won two Amnesty International awards for her coverage of human rights abuses in Kosovo and Sierra Leone and, in 2002, was short-listed for her work in The Times, uncovering police brutality in Kingston, Jamaica. In 2000 She won the Granada What the Paper's Say Foreign Correspondent of the Year award for her work in Chechnya and a National Magazine Award for her coverage of the war in Kosovo. Her third book Madness Visible, about the nature of war, will be published next year." 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,11501,00.html
As far as I can see, the 'publisher's biography' section should be removed. It's full of weasel words.Tomclarke (talk) 08:48, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The "Publisher's Biography" section was a direct lift/copyvio from di Giovanni's own website, so I have removed the section completely.--Plad2 (talk) 11:19, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
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message: Please add to bibliography 
Eve Arnold: Magnum Legacy (Prestel, 2015).   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwithers123 (talk • contribs) 11:11, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: – and welcome to Wikipedia!  OUR Wikipedia (not "mine")! Paine  05:08, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 06 June 2016 

message: There is nothing in this source about the subject receiving grants on two occasions, 2012 and 2013.  I searched the website, which is how I found that she had received the Headliner in 2014; however, I still found nothing, no recipient list nor any page that confirmed that she had received any grants.  I also searched the web and could find no source that confirmed that she had received grants from The Nation Institute.  I'm not saying that she didn't receive the grants, but until that can be reliably verified, then it must be considered original research and cannot be allowed in a biography of living person's article.  What's in your palette? Paine  04:18, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Nation Institute 

message: Hello, could the below please be considered for Janine's page. I have a COI in editing, but It would be great to add to the information already present and give a fuller picture of Janine's career and work.
This proposal was inserted at Talk:Janine di Giovanni/Proposal for further analysis.  Wikipedian Sign Language Paine  18:41, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI edit request on 05 July 2016 

message: Please add
Janine di Giovanni is a non-resident Fellow in International Security at New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., [source:https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/janine-di-giovanni/] and at the Geneva Center for Security Policy [source:http://www.gcsp.ch/News-Knowledge/Experts/Fellows/Di-Giovanni-Ms-Janine-Di-Giovanni].
 
Rode Izzy (talk) 16:06, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedian Sign Language Paine  18:36, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 July 2016 

message: Hello. My name is Isvila.  I notice that the section on Janine di Giovanni´s wiki page CONTROVERY is unbalanced.  The author wrote it as a personal Opinion piece, not a news article - and her attackers were mainly bloggers and trolls.  The main source of criticism is a blog Le Decodeurs.
 di Giovanni´s other accomplishments such as her awards or her investigative journalism have been overshadowed by this controversy section, which was written by one of the attackers who overemphasized the negative.
Please change : 
Controversy
In an article titled, "The Fall of France" that was published on January 3, 2014 in Newsweek, di Giovanni wrote an extensive criticism of the French social and taxation systems. Following publication, a number of points she cited to support her argument were deemed fully inaccurate including, "The top tax rate is 75 percent, and a great many pay in excess of 70 percent" when in actuality it is, "companies not individuals who must pay this tax, which only applies to salaries over a million euros".[25] Additionally her claim of milk costing €3 a half liter in Paris and nappies being free to new mothers were inaccurate as, "the price of milk, which they pointed out, costs around 1.30€ a litre, while neither creches nor nappies are free".[26] "Les décodeurs", the fact-checking blog of the French newspaper Le Monde, reported nine mistakes made in this article.[27] The article was also severely criticised by Pierre Moscovici, the French Minister of Economy.[28]
TO:  IN JANUARY, 2013, DI GIOVANNI WROTE AN OPINION ARTICLE ABOUT HER OWN EXPERIENCE IN FRANCE WHICH WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT BY CERTAIN FRENCH BLOGGERS. SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY DENIED THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE AN ATTACK ON FRENCH SOCIAL SYSTEM, BUT HER OWN VIEWS. 
ALSO PLEASE CHANGE AND ADD:
IN 2016, DI GIOVANNI WAS AWARDED THE IWMF COURAGE IN JOURNALISM AWARD AS WELL AS THE HAY FESTIVAL MEDAL FOR PROSE FOR HER BOOK ¨THE MORNING THEY CAME FOR US: DISPATCHES FROM SYRIA.¨
Isvila2016 (talk) 09:54, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: as the section you are complaining about cites four reliable sources to back up the statements, whereas your statement that these are incorrect, and your suggested alternative text, cites no sources whatsoever. - Arjayay (talk) 14:54, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

text: It must also be noted that both the Hay and IWMF 2016 awards are already recorded in this article.  Rules of engagement Paine  05:01, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2016 

message: Good afternoon,
I work with Janine di Giovanni at the Council on Foreign Relations and I would like to add in some more information on recent work and appointments. Because of my relationship with Janine, I am requesting that somebody else add these details, which I consider to be fair and objective, and are properly sourced. 
Janine di Giovanni is Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/experts/janine-di-giovanni 
Di Giovanni also serves as Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. 
https://sipa.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/janine-di-giovanni 
Thank you!
Cwehrmann58 (talk) 19:27, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to add in more information on Janine 

message: Please update! 
Thank you so much
I am not Middle East Editor of Newsweek but the Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations 
https://www.cfr.org/experts/janine-di-giovanni
and a Professor of Practice at Columbia Univeristy. https://sipa.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/janine-di-giovanni
In September, 2018 I will be a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of GLobal Affairs. 73.197.212.29 (talk) 00:54, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:07, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2018 - UPDATE  

message: There are no references given for the first four paragraphs of the "Biography" section where some huge claims are made. Please rectify this oversight.
Magnetic Flux (talk) 15:51, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insufficient references 

message: I am forwarding an edit request by  originally posted at WP:AFCHELP (diff) with technical help requested on my talk page (diff).
I hope you are well and you can help. I have two very large changes to make to my Wiki site - or to add.
I have been named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow (Non Fiction) announced today on Page A5 of the New York Times
(I can also send the letter that told me I have received one)
https://www.gf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/New-York-Times-Ad-2019.pdf
and I am currently also a Senior Fellow at Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs 
http://jackson.yale.edu/person/janine-di-giovanni/
and a 2018 Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Please can you add these? My page is locked so I can not do it
Many thanks,
SITH (talk) 18:47, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested edit 

message: * With regards to being a Guggenheim Fellow, the claim was provisionally listed, as long as the claim is eventually added to the List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2019, which has not been created yet.
* The Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs Senior Fellowship was added.
* The claim regarding Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations is already in the article.
Regards,  Spintendo  19:13, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 10-APR-2019

message: Janine di Giovanni was named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow for Non-Fiction.  She is also a Senior Fellow at Yale University and a Professor of Practice.  She is a former Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations 
thank you so much
````janinedigiovanni
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thread_title:  Please can this be the headline of the page 

message: I can see there's been plenty of input here from the article subject and other Conflict-of-interest editing . It reads like a résumé. I noted that the entire section here was removed with the edit summary "removed an inaccuracy". The info is sourced, so claiming it's inaccurate would require some evidence surely?  I suggest it goes back in exactly as it was. Thanks --DSQ  (talk) 11:20, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 

message: Dodgeretti14 (talk) 19:56, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: . Her alma mater is added, but I don't think the Bernard Lown Award is particularly notable to be included. See WP:INDISCRIMINATE. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 09:38, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2020 

message: Add to "Career": In May 2000, as the Sierra Leonean capital was poised to fall, she obtained documents from the Presidential Palace of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah which implicated the RUF rebels in selling blood diamonds after the Lome Peace Accords to individuals in London, Antwerp and New York. She gave the documents to (then) Brigadier David Richards, a British soldier, who later turned them over to the Special Court for Sierra Leone as evidence of war crimes. <https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/08/junger200008></ref>
Change: In a Newsweek article titled "The Fall of France" in 2014, di Giovanni extensively criticised the French social and taxation systems. Following publication, a number of points she cited to support her argument were deemed inaccurate. "Les décodeurs", the fact-checking blog of the French newspaper Le Monde, reported nine mistakes.[23] These mistakes included "The top tax rate is 75 percent, and a great many pay in excess of 70 percent" when in actuality it is "companies not individuals who must pay this tax, which only applies to salaries over a million euros".[24] Additionally her claim of milk costing €3 a half liter in Paris and nappies being free to new mothers were inaccurate as, "the price of milk, which they pointed out, costs around €1.30 a litre, while neither creches nor nappies are free".[25] The article was also severely criticised by Pierre Moscovici, the French Minister of Economy.[26]
To: In 2014, she wrote a Newsweek article titled "The Fall of France," which was controversial piece about the French social and taxation systems. Di Giovanni was working in South Sudan at the time and had been asked to write a "light hearted Op Ed"  However, the Le Monde fact checkers disputed a number of points she cited to support her argument... di Giovanni still defends it as a light feature. <https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/decodeurs/2014/01/06/the-fall-of-newsweek-french-bashing-gone-wrong/></ref>
Add to Alma Mater: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Pakis Fellow, Master in International Relations ● Queen Mary College, University of London, Master of Arts in European Languages and Literature ● The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, Master of Fine Arts in Writing ● University of Maine, Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature <https://fletcher.tufts.edu/people/janine-digiovanni></ref>
Add to Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 Blake-Dodd Prize for outstanding nonfiction achievement, 2020 <https://artsandletters.org/pressrelease/2020-literature-award-winners/></ref>
Guggenheim Fellowship in Non Fiction, 2019-2020 <https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/janine-di-giovanni/></ref>
Helen Bernstein Book Award, New York Public Library, Excellence In Journalism Shortlist, 2017 <https://www.librarything.it/bookaward/NYPL+Helen+Bernstein+Award+Finalist></ref>
May Chidiac Foundation Engaged Journalist Award, 2017 <https://issuu.com/councilonforeignrelations/docs/fall_chronicle_2017></ref>
Hay Festival Prize For Prose, The Morning They Came For Us, 2017 <http://fmcm.co.uk/news/2016/6/1/janine-di-giovanni-awarded-hay-medal-for-prose></ref>
International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award, 2016  <https://www.iwmf.org/community/janine-di-giovanni/></ref>
Headliner Award: Seven Days in Syria, 2014 <https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2013/02/11/seven-days-syria/></ref>
Shortlisted for Amnesty International Magazine Award for Syria, 2013 <https://www.amnesty.org.uk/media-awards-2013-shortlist></ref> 
Action on Armed Violence’s (AOAV) “100 Most Influential People Reducing Armed Violence”, 2013 <http://aoav.org.uk/2013/100-influential-journalists/></ref>
Amnesty International for Chechnya, 2000 <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/janine-di-giovanni-my-life-in-media-431194.html></ref>
Amnesty International for Kosovo, 2000 <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/janine-di-giovanni-my-life-in-media-431194.html></ref>
Britain's Grenada Television's Foreign Correspondent of the Year for Chechnya, 2000 <https://www.aaespeakers.com/speakers/janine-di-giovanni></ref>
National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting, Vanity Fair Kosovo, 2000 <https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/04/business/levity-prevails-as-awards-are-handed-to-magazines.html></ref>
Okeepi01 (talk) 01:35, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 17:42, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2020