Best business reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 2006
AWARD NAME: The Morton Frank Award 2006
RECIPIENT: Clive Thompson
AFFILIATION: The New York Times Magazine
HONORED WORK: “Google’s China Problem (And China’s Google Problem)”
The explosive growth of Google was one of the biggest stories of the year. But in the case of China, this growth came at significant cost to Google’s reputation, as the internet giant agreed to submit to official censorship. Clive Thompson traveled twice to China and conducted hard-to-get on-the record interviews to explore whether Google betrayed its own credo (Don’t be evil). Thompson’s detailed account added context, depth, and dimension to a story that had played out in the news over weeks. He showed that China, too, bore a cost for letting Google in. Ultimately, he offered unparalleled insights into the way in which a company and a country rewrote the rules of global business.
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