Alexander MacDonald (journalist)

Alexander MacDonald (1908 – May 26, 2000) was an American journalist and intelligence officer, and co-founder and first editor of the Bangkok Post.[1][2]

Early life and education

MacDonald was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1908.[3] He graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism.[4]

Career

Lynn spent a decade reporting for newspaper in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Hawaii.[1] Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). He went on to command an OSS unit in the Burmese rainforest at the end of the war, broadcasting allied news into Japanese-occupied Thailand. After the war, he remained in Thailand to co-found the Bangkok Post in 1945, recruiting Thais who had served with him in Burma and Japanese from a detention camp.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Archives, L. A. Times (2000-05-26). "Alexander MacDonald; Ex-Editor of Bangkok Post". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  2. ^ "The Bangkok Post celebrates 66 years of news reporting". Bangkok Post. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  3. ^ "Alex MacDonald IObituary". The Boston Globe. 2000-05-17. p. 33. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  4. ^ "The Birth". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  5. ^ "Bangkok editor / Alexander Macdonald - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  6. ^ Ruffles, Michael (2015-03-15). "Expats who made an impact". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  7. ^ Pickerell, Albert; Moore, Daniel E. (1957). "Elections in Thailand". Far Eastern Survey. 26 (6): 92–96. doi:10.2307/3024365. ISSN 0362-8949.
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