Best radio interpretation or documentary of foreign affairs
AWARD DATE: 1993
AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 1993
AWARD RECIPIENT: Melissa Block, Noah Adams
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: National Public Radio (NPR), “All Things Considered”
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Serbia Has Risen: Nationalism and the War in Bosnia”
Adams and Block’s reports from the Serbian side exposed American listeners to voices rarely heard in coverage of the Bosnian war. Their finely observed, beautifully crafted series bore compelling witness to the war’s tragic complexity.
Citation for Excellence:
Michael Sullivan
Alex Chadwick
National Public Radio,
“Living Through the Haitian Embargo”