Richard Read is senior writer for international affairs and special projects at The Oregonian, a Portland, Oregon newspaper. The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. ... Jump to: navigation, search Portland is the largest city in Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. ...

Mr. Read won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 1999 for a series that dramatized the global effects of the Asian financial crisis through the movement of a container of french fries from a Washington-state farm to a McDonald's restaurant in Singapore. See www.pulitzer.org, 1999, Explanatory, Works. The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting was first introduced in 1998, replacing the earlier Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Asian financial crisis was a financial crisis that started in July 1997 in Thailand, and affected currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices of several Asian countries, many part of the East Asian Tigers. ... French fries (or french-fried potatoes, or simply fries or chips) are pieces of potato that have been deep-fried. ... Jump to: navigation, search McDonalds Corporation NYSE: MCD is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants[1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ...

He was also one of four reporters on a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2001 for stories on the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. See www.pulitzer.org, 2001, Public Service, Works. The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was a part of the United States Department of Justice which used to handle legal and illegal immigration and naturalization. ...

Mr. Read was a foreign correspondent for years based in Bangkok and Tokyo, returning to America in 1994. A 1980 graduate of Amherst College, he received a Henry Luce Foundation fellowship in 1986 to work as a reporter in Thailand. In 1996-1997, he was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. Jump to: navigation, search Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 Bangkok, (in Thai กรุงเทพ ฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร, or Krung Thep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, IPA: ), population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. ... Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

On September 27, 2005 Mr. Read took part as a key-note speaker in a series of conferences held at Pontificia Universidad Católica Santa María de los Buenos Aires (UCA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conferences were organized by UCA and ICANA (Instituto Cultural Argentino Norteamericano) and sponsored in part by the Embassy of the United States of America in Buenos Aires. The conferences aim was to encourage understanding among the peoples of these two countries by talking and debating about topics such as justice and its impact on economics, education, and public opinion. Mr. Read's speech deal with American public opinion of Argentina and foreign affairs.