Best magazine reporting on an international story
AWARD YEAR: 2013
AWARD NAME: The Ed Cunningham Award 2013
RECIPIENT: Rowan Jacobsen
AFFILIATION: Harper’s Magazine
HONORED WORK: “The Homeless Herd: An Indian Village Battles an Elephant Invasion”
Rowan Jacobsen’s beautifully crafted story about a herd of displaced elephants terrorizing a farming community in India is magazine writing at its best. It took us into a world we didn’t know existed and taught us something new about the larger conflict between animal and man in vivid and compelling detail. It’s a testament to the power of his reporting and narrative that the story magically stayed with us long after we read it.
Citation for Excellence:
Matthieu Aikins
Rolling Stone
“The A-Team Killings”