Best international reporting in the broadcast media dealing with human rights.
Award Year: 1997
Award Name: The Eric and Amy Burger Award
Recipient: Peter Van Sant, Randall Joyce, Nick Turner, Thomas Vavrusa, Gordana Igric
Affiliation: CBS News–Public Eye
Honored Work: In Plain Sight
Both broadcast magazine pieces involve exemplary undercover reporting and personal risk, especially to the local reporters who were essential to the telling of stories. In “Blood Money,” ABC exposes an illegal black market, operated by Chinese authorities in the U.S. and other countries, trafficking in human body parts harvested from executed Chinese prisoners. Meanwhile, CBS’s Public Eye takes us to Foca, Bosnia, where its reporters set out to do what NATO troops claim they cannot do — find an indicted war criminal. ‘The team manages to track a suspect to a local café and capture him on videotape, bragging about his crimes, while peacekeeping troops sip coffee nearby.
This award was shared with Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, David Rummel, Phyllis Mcgrady. Click here to see that award page.
Citation for Excellence:
Philip Gourevitch
The New Yorker
“The Return”