Best international business news reporting in any medium
Award Year: 2025
Award Name: The Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award 2025-2026
Recipient: Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Yael Grauer and Staff
Affiliation: The Associated Press
Honored Work: “Made in America, Watched Worldwide”
The AP team exposed how the Chinese regime has enlisted American technology companies, including IBM, Oracle and Microsoft, to build what is arguably the world’s most repressive technology-based system of citizen surveillance. Similar systems now operate in Gaza, Lebanon, Nepal and even the United States.
Link to the Winning Work:
1. Digital Cage
7. Digital Cage- Infrared Photo Essay and explainer
Citations for Excellence:
Staff
Reuters
“Shadow Fleets”