Best radio news or interpretation of foreign affairs
Award Year: 1995
Award Name: The Lowell Thomas Award 1995
Recipient: Daniell Zwerdling, Linda Gradstein, Martha Raddatz and the staff of ‘Weekend All Things Considered’
Affiliation: National Public Radio
Honored Work: “Live coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin”
The report provides a perfect mix of perspective, context and spot reporting that is rare in broadcast news today. NPR correspondents in Israel and Washington succeeded in making their sober, unadorned voices convey the horror, shame and tragedy of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination.
Citation for Excellence:
Adam Raphael
CBS News Radio
“Letter from London”