Background
Treaster, Joseph B. Bland was born on May 19, 1941 in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ellsworth F. and Anna Katherine (Chalupka) Treaster.
Treaster, Joseph B. Bland was born on May 19, 1941 in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ellsworth F. and Anna Katherine (Chalupka) Treaster.
Bachelor, U. Miami, 1965; student, Sorbonne, Paris, 1971; student, San Francisco de Marroquin, Guatemala, 1988; Master of Science, Columbia University, 1996.
Reporter, Miami (Florida) Herald, 1963;
staff assistant Saigon bureau, New York Times, 1965-1967;
Vietnam correspondent, New York Times, 1968-1969, 72-74;
reporter, New York Times, New York City, 1969-1970;
chief Connecticut bureau, New York Times, 1970-1972;
investigative reporter New Jersey bureau, New York Times, 1974-1975;
crime/youth violence writer, New York Times, 1975-1976;
rewrite desk and special assignments to Washington, L.Am. and Middle East, New York Times, 1976-1984;
chief Caribbean bureau, New York Times, 1984-1990;
drug policy correspondent special assignments Mid-East, Baltic States, New York Times, 1990-1995;
finance writer, New York Times, since 1996. Freelance correspondent Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, The Nation, others. Fellow Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1993, U. Nevada Business Journalism, 1995.
Knight-Bagehot fellow in economics and business Columbia University, 1995-1996. Poynter fellow Yale University, 1975.
Served with United States Army, 1963-1965, Vietnam. Member Mystery Writers American.
Married Barbara A. Gluck, June 6, 1970 (divorced August 1976). Married Barbara J. Dill, February 24, 1990. 1child, Chloe Qiao Xing.