Left to right: Patrick McDonnell, Christopher Goffard, Laura King, Kate Linthicum and Henry Chu.
Best international reporting in the print medium or online showing a concern for the human condition
AWARD YEAR: 2015
AWARD NAME: The Madeline Dane Ross Award 2015
RECIPIENT: Patrick McDonnell, Christopher Goffard, Laura King, Kate Linthicum and Henry Chu
AFFILIATION: Los Angeles Times
HONORED WORK: “Fleeing Syria”
The Times dispatched reporters to seven countries to report and write the heartbreaking narratives that helped readers understand the struggles of Syrians looking for safe refuge from the terrors of their nation’s civil war and ISIS. We were incredibly moved by the mother who had to leave her two sick children behind while she tried to make a new home for them in Sweden. The despair of the refugee camp in Jordan also struck us. The articles were translated into Arabic. The photographs were remarkable. The editing was excellent. For their intrepid reporting to show the human condition in the form of a refugee crisis that has unsettled the world, especially Europe, we commend the team that produced this series.
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