Sarah Stillman
Best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights
AWARD DATE: 2011
AWARD NAME: The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 2011
AWARD RECIPIENT: Sarah Stillman
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The New Yorker
AWARD HONORED WORK: “The Invisible Army”
Stillman wins for her investigation of serious labor abuses on American military bases in war zones. She combines deep reporting with powerful writing to expose the conditions that foreign workers endure while working for subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stillman’s outstanding piece of investigative journalism uncovers serious abuses, including sexual assault and indentured servitude, that were ultimately carried out on behalf of the U.S. government and funded by American taxpayers.