Best magazine reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 1997
AWARD NAME: The Ed Cunningham Memorial 1997
RECIPIENT: Steven Strasser, Dorinda Elliot, Melinda Liu, and the Newsweek team
AFFILIATION: Newsweek
HONORED WORK: “Hong Kong’s Handover to China”
Newsweek demonstrated thorough and insightful reporting on the historic return of Hong Kong to the Chinese after 156 years of British rule. This excellent collection of stories on the “handover” was the culmination of a yearlong effort involving a team of talented and enterprising journalists who offered thoughtful analysis about the implications for Hong LIU Kong’s — and ultimately China’s — future. First-class fact-finding and seasoned commentary combined to produce a stunning overview on this major chapter in China’s evolution.
Citations for Excellence:
Elizabeth Rubin
Harper’s Magazine
“An Army of One’s Own”
Johanna McGeary, Sandra Burton, John Colmey, Jaime FlorCruz
TIME
“Special Report: ‘The Big Handover”