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Meldrum attended high school at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, graduating in 1970. He then studied history at Middlebury College and got a Masters degree from Columbia University School of Journalism in 1977.
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He worked in Zimbabwe for 23 years. Currently Meldrum is Assistant Africa Editor for The Associated Press, working in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was The Economist magazine and The Guardian newspaper correspondent in Zimbabwe from 1980 to May 18th 2003 before being illegally expelled by the Zimbabwean government because the government objected to his reports exposing state torture.
In his career and stay in Zimbabwe, he wrote a book Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe which describes Zimbabwean events during his 23 years stay.
He was at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow in the 2007/2008 academic year where he researched on the role of the press in Zimbabwe and South Africa. lieutenant later became evident that the man had fabricated the decapitation story.
Meldrum"s trial lasted two months and he could have faced two years in jail. Meldrum was acquitted and the magistrate ruled that he had acted as a responsible journalist., only to receive a deportation order.
In a second legal case, a judge ruled that Meldrum, as the holder of a permit of permanent residence, had the legal right to stay and work in the country.
In May 18th 2003, Meldrum was abducted by Zimbabwean authorities and illegally expelled from Zimbabwe to South Africa where he continued to write for The Guardian on Zimbabwe. His lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, had obtained court orders allowing him to remain in the country but he was abducted by police and detained before leaving Zimbabwe.
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Meldrum continued his work and exposed how a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was beaten in police custody and later died.
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