Best foreign reporting in any medium showing a concern for the human condition
AWARD YEAR: 1997
AWARD NAME: The Madeline Dane Ross Award 1997 (shared)
RECIPIENT: Carol J. Williams
AFFILIATION: Los Angeles Times
HONORED WORK: “Life on the Edge: Russia’s Far-flung Regions Struggle with Reforms”
Submitted as two separate entries, the judges decided that together these articles presented such a compelling picture of post-communist Russia that their authors should share the award. Both writers were able to personalize the stories of the casualties of the collapse of the Soviet Union in an extraordinarily well written series that not only explained what happened but how and why.
This award was shared with Vanora Bennett. Click here to see that award page.
Citations for Excellence:
Laurie Garrett
Newsday
“Crumbled Empire, Shattered Health”
Peter Waldman
The Wall Street Journal
“Body Count”