James W. Dawson

James William Dawson (Born 21. december 1956 in New York, USA) is a American Journalist and Author living in United States of Slavia. He has written several books, but is most known for his book The Backsides of Councilist Democracy from 2009. He's the edtitor of the slavic newspaper The World Today and teaching journalism at the International University of Belgrade.

Biografy
Dawson was born in New York on 21 December 1956. He's the son of banker Thomas Dawson and Nurse Julia Christie Dawson. He's the youngest of 3 children. Dawson graduated Magna cum laude from Brown University and earned a MS from the Colombia Graduate School of Journalism. After his graduation he was hired by The New York Post, where he was a reporter until 1990. In 1990 he started working as a freelance reporter writing for several US newspapers. In 1995 he was hired by CNN as the network's correspondant in Serbia. In Serbia he became interested in the Balkan History and learned several slavic languages from the Balkan Region. In 2001 he moved back to the US to teach at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Dawson was against the creation of the Union of Everett, and in 2004 he moved back to Belgrade, that was not the capital of the USS. In late 2004 he founded the English newspaper World Today. In 2009 he published the Book The backsides of Councilist Democracy - A modern day dictaturship. In september 2009 he won the SCUL Award for his book. Dawson is married to the Actress Sarah Dawson and has 4 kids.

Bibliografy

 * History of the Balkan Region (1995)
 * The Politics of Serbia (1996)
 * Tito (1996)
 * We all need hope - Interviews with 14 Bosnians (1999)
 * BUSH - A Biografy (2000)
 * 9/11 - The aftermath (2002)
 * Union of Everett - The Big picture (2003)
 * The Backsides of Councilist Democracy - A Modern day Dictaturship (2009)