Best international reporting in a print medium dealing with human rights
AWARD YEAR: 2004
AWARD NAME: The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 2004
RECIPIENT: Seymour M. Hersh
AFFILIATION: The New Yorker
HONORED WORK: “In the Abu Ghraib Scandal”
Seymour Hersh uncovered the atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison camp in Iraq. His in-depth reporting unraveled a disturbing portrait of a breakdown in leadership at its worst. Hersh’s series of articles not only took U.S. readers into the heart of the unthinkably tortuous conditions and practices at Abu Ghraib, his work helped motivate Washington to take action and to seek answers.
Citation for Excellence:
Peter Landesman
The New York Times Magazine
“The Girls Next Door”