Best reporting in any medium dealing with human rights
AWARD DATE: 1994
AWARD NAME: The Eric and Amy Burger Award 1994 (shared)
AWARD RECIPIENT: Roger Cohen (shared with Andrew Tkach)
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The New York Times
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Death Camp in Bosnia”
After years of both confirmed and unconfirmed atrocity stories, the author looked carefully into the bloody history of one camp run by Bosnian Serbs. Bit by bit, with the help of one guard and several survivors, Cohen meticulously reconstructs the murder and terror that took place.
Citation for Excellence:
Gayle Young, Mary Rogers
CNN
“Female Circumcision”