Best investigative reporting in any medium on an international story
Award Year: 2025
Award Name: The Roy Rowan Award 2025-2026
Recipients: Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy
Affiliation: ProPublica
Honored Work: “The End of Aid: Trump Destroyed USAID. What Happens Now?”
Reporting by ProPublica from the halls of Washington to tiny villages in Africa showed that jettisoning USAID in the name of efficiency inflicted deeply personal and tragic consequences on millions of impoverished people around the globe who had long depended on America for some of the essentials of life.
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Citation for Excellence:
Staff
Reuters
“Syria After Assad”