Howard LaFranchi has been the Monitor's diplomacy correspondent in DC since 2001. Previously, he spent 12 years as a reporter in the field; serving five years as the Monitor's Paris bureau chief from 1989 to 1994, and as a Latin America correspondent in Mexico City from 1994 to 2001. LaFranchi has continued to travel as diplomacy correspondent and covered the Iraq War from the Monitor's Baghdad bureau on numerous occasions.Prior to joining the Monitor, LaFranchi worked as the City Hall reporter for the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley Journalism School and has a Masters Degree in Journalism from Boston University.
Stories by Howard LaFranchi
- Quiet streets, ghost towns: How Russia is changing Ukraine
- Ukrainian chefs rediscover their country’s cuisine – after Soviets tried to destroy it
- A reporter hunts for ‘Carol of the Bells’ birthplace – in Ukraine
- How fall of Assad showcases the Biden-Trump policy divide in the Mideast
- On Ukraine’s homefront, a DIY drone industry helps fill military’s needs
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