Anand Gopal
Best magazine reporting in print or digital on an international story
AWARD DATE: 2016
AWARD NAME: 10 The Ed Cunningham Award
AWARD RECIPIENT: Anand Gopal
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Atlantic
AWARD HONORED WORK: “The Hell After ISIS”
AWARD SPONSOR: Ford Motor Company
Anand Gopal’s “The Hell After ISIS” is a beautifully written account of the consequences of war. His narrative, based on 13 months of reporting, recounts the suffering of one Sunni family in Iraq, fleeing ISIS jihadists only to fall prey to unforgiving Shia militias. Gopal was detained and expelled from Iraq, but managed to return to complete this compelling narrative that sheds light on both the rise of ISIS and the global refugee crisis.
Citation Recipient: Scott Anderson
Affiliation: The New York Times Magazine
Honored Work: “Fractured Lands”
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