Best radio, audio, or podcast coverage of international affairs
Award Year: 2025
Award Name: The Lowell Thomas Award 2025-2026
Recipients: Sue-Lin Wong, Sam Colbert, Alizée Jean-Baptiste, Claire Read, Rosie Blau, Weidong Lin and John Shields
Affiliation: The Economist
Honored Work: “Scam Inc”
Using audio interviews and sound to stunning effect, The Economist’s eight-part podcast series shows how online scams have become industrial-scale global operations, with powerful syndicates earning about $400 billion a year.
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Citations for Excellence:
Anas Baba, Daniel Estrin and Aya Batrawy
NPR
“Dying for Food in Gaza”