Best radio news or interpretation o f international affairs
AWARD DATE: 2000
AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 2000
AWARD RECIPIENT: Stephen Smith, Michael Montgomery, Deborah George
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: American RadioWorks/Minnesota Public Radio/NPR News
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Massacre at Cuska”
This investigative radio documentary about Serbian atrocities in the province of Kosovo was remarkable. It included a dramatic retelling of one of the most tragic episodes during the long Balkans disintegration. But it also went a step further and took listeners on a relentless pursuit of those responsible for the massacre. The correspondents examined a trail of evidence linking the killings to officials in Slobodan Milosevic’s government in Belgrade.
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