Best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 2002
AWARD NAME: The Hal Boyle Award 2002
RECIPIENTS: Alan Cullison, Andrew Higgins, Karby Leggett
AFFILIATION: The Wall Street Journal
HONORED WORK: “Inside al Qaeda”
The remarkable series of articles demonstrates the best of what journalism should be: enterprising reporting, penetrating analysis, and great storytelling. The reporters traveled around the world to pursue every possible lead in portraying the most in-depth picture to date of the inner workings of al Qaeda. In doing so, they broke new ground on the biggest story of the year: al Qaeda and the terrorist network.
Citations for Excellence:
Sean D. Naylor
Army Times
“Operation Anaconda”
Philip P. Pan
The Washington Post
“Inside the World of Work in China” Scott Peterson The Christian Science Monitor “Northern Iraq”