David Jiménez (born 1971) is a Spanish journalist and author, who worked as long-term correspondent in Asia for the newspaper El Mundo. In May 2015 he became editor of El Mundo, but was dismissed from that post in May 2016. He has written several books.Jiménez was born in Barcelona on 11 January 1971. He graduated in journalism from the University of Barcelona and began work in 1994 for El Mundo, working as an intern on its Madrid and Society sections. In October 1998 he became the paper's first correspondent in Asia, remaining there until 2014 and covering the conflicts in Afghanistan, Kashmir and East Timor. His coverage of Tibet induced the Chinese government to ban him from returning to that country. He reported clandestinely from North Korea and was the only Western reporter to stay in Fukushima through the nuclear disaster of 2011. Wikipedia
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