Best radio or audio news or interpretation of international affairs
AWARD YEAR: 2014
AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 2014
RECIPIENT: Marine Olivesi and Aaron Schachter
AFFILIATION: PRI’s The World
HONORED WORK: “Repercussions of the Arab Spring”
In a series of stories for PRI, Marine Olivesi describes the ordinary people whose lives have been torn apart by extremism around the Middle East, from a young Libyan freedom fighter desperately searching for a brother who has joined jihadis in Syria to the fellow who regrets bringing Chechen fighters into Syria. Olivesi is a brave, enterprising, creative young reporter who took on an extremely ambitious assignment that goes way beyond the headlines to examine the origins and outcomes of extremism.
Listen to the winning stories:
The Death of a Teen Activist Marks a New Low in Benghazi’s Violence >>
Getting This Man’s Brother Back Alive From Syria Would Be ‘Nothing Short of a Miracle’ >>
Why This Syrian Man Regrets Bringing Al-Qaeda Fighters Into His Country >>
This Is Breakdancing 101, Tunisia Style >>
Citation for Excellence:
Emily Harris, Ahmed Abu Hamda and Abu Bakr Bashir
NPR
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