Best magazine reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 1989
AWARD NAME: The Ed Cunningham Award 1989
RECIPIENT: Fred C. Shapiro
AFFILIATION: The New Yorker
HONORED WORK: “Letters from Beijing”
In his lengthy, richly detailed “letters,” Shapiro conveyed the passion, glory and tragedy of the brutal repression of the Chinese student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. He skillfully blended personal experiences and public events to convey this great drama.
Citation for Excellence:
John Kohan, Moscow bureau chief, and a team of reporters and photographers from TIME
“The New USSR,” a single-topic issue of the magazine exploring how Mikhail Gorbachev has transformed the Soviet Union.