Best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights
AWARD YEAR: 2005
AWARD NAME: The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 2005
RECIPIENT: Barbara Demick
AFFILIATION: The Los Angeles Times
HONORED WORK: “Glimpses of a Hermit Nation”
Through exhaustive interviews with defectors, North Korean residents at the Chinese border, and foreign aid workers, Barbara Demick pieced together a vivid portrait of daily life inside the world’s most isolated nation. Focusing on the coastal city of Chongjin, Demick detailed how desperate citizens are trying to cope with extreme hunger, poverty, and political repression. Demick also traveled to the Czech Republic to show how North Korean women are essentially working as slaves even beyond North Korea’s borders.
Citations for Excellence:
Nicholas D. Kristof
The New York Times
“Commentary from the Developing World”
Stephen Segaller, Peter Hutchens, Ryan Hill
Thirteen/WNET New York and Still Life Projects
“Wide Angle: Border Jumpers”