About Tony Karon
Tony Karon was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist.
Tony Karon is a South African-born journalist and former anti-apartheid activist. He became a senior online executive producer for Al Jazeera America in 2013. He was formerly the Senior Editor at Time.com.
Karon grew up Jewish in South Africa and identified as a Zionist. He moved to New York City in 1993. He studied at the University of Cape Town, and in the 1980s, he was a prominent anti-apartheid activist in student movement NUSAS.
He joined TIME Magazine in 1997, and was a senior editor for close to 20 years, providing commentary on world affairs.
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