Best newspaper or wire service interpretation of international affairs
AWARD DATE: 2000
AWARD NAME: The Bob Considine Award 2000
AWARD RECIPIENT: Barton Gellman
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Washington Post
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Death Watch: AIDS in Africa”
In The Washington Post’s “Death Watch” series about the AIDS crisis in Africa, Barton Gellman broke new ground by looking at the policy decisions—and the missed opportunities that lay behind the plague that has devastated the entire continent. Drawing on classified documents, dozens of interviews, and national intelligence estimates, Gellman documented the ways in which bureaucratic politics and indifference among government officials, international organizations, and corporations stymied a global response to fighting the disease. He also probed the international discrepancies in AIDS treatment and provided details of secret talks between major pharmaceutical companies and the U. N. in the early 1990s. Gellman’s powerful reporting resonates today in the continuing debate about AIDS drugs in Africa—who should get them and at what cost. His articles provide a rich perspective on the history of this deadly disease.
Citation for Excellence:
Roger Cohen
The New York Times
“European Immigration”