Best daily newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad
AWARD DATE: 1993
AWARD NAME: The Hal Boyle Award 1993
AWARD RECIPIENT: Rick Lyman
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Philadelphia Inquirer
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Somalia”
Using thorough reporting and incisive analysis, Lyman makes clear why the U.N. and U.S. humanitarian mission to Somalia has turned into a quagmire of war and chaos. He examines in detail the misperceptions, wrong turns and mistaken goals that resulted in street battles with an elusive “enemy,” General Mohammed Farah Aidid, instead of the peace and stability the U.N. coalition set out to achieve.
Citation(s) for Excellence:
George Rodrigue
The Dallas Morning News
For his reporting on Europe
Nicholas Kristof
The New York Times
For his reporting on China