Andrew Higgins and Aaron Harlan
Best international reporting in the print medium showing a concern for the human condition
AWARD YEAR: 2011
AWARD NAME: The Madeline Dane Ross Award 2011
AWARD RECIPIENT: Andrew Higgins and Aaron Harlan
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Washington Post
AWARD HONORED WORK: Disaster in Japan
These stories, written in the days and weeks after Japan’s tragic earthquake and tsunami, were emotionally moving tales of individual survival that conveyed universal truths about pain, loss, resilience and recovery. The prose was spare but evocative, the individual tales compelling, and the overall message a global one: confronted with unimagined disaster, the human response is to find a way to press on.
Citation for Excellence:
Philip Gourevitch
The New Yorker
“Climbers”