Mansi Choksi
Best international reporting in print or digital showing a concern for the human condition
AWARD DATE: 2018
AWARD NAME: The Madeline Dane Ross Award 2018
AWARD RECIPIENT: Mansi Choksi
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Harper’s Magazine
AWARD HONORED WORK: “The Newlyweds”
AWARD SPONSOR: Linda Fasulo
This superbly written piece breathes new life into the timeless story of thwarted romance, taking readers into a daring young couple’s elopement in rural India and the myriad obstacles against them. The saga unfolds with a novel’s pacing and deep character development as the newlyweds fight through caste, custom, violence and exploitation in their quest for the most universal of human yearnings: love.
Citation for Excellence recipients: Finlay Young, Kathleen Flynn
Affiliation: ProPublica and TIME
Honored Work: “Unprotected”