The Whitman Bassow Award 2009

Jason Gale

In “Sanitation Nightmare,” Jason Gale kicks in the door without knocking to show the stark human, environmental, social, health and economic costs of a problem so obvious and basic that many journalists might choose to ignore it – the lack of toilets in more than half of India’s households. Gale draws upon an impressive array of sources – almost all of them Indian – compelling statistics and excellent photography to support a well-written exposé of a distinctly unglamorous issue that leaves a deep impression on the reader.

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