Best reporting on a continuing international conflict or crisis in any medium
Award Year: 2024
Award Name: The Shireen Abu Akleh Award 2024
Recipient: Staff
Affiliation: The Washington Post
Honored Work: “Unchecked War”
Vividly conveyed and assiduously reported, The Washington Post tore at official narratives through accountability journalism that centered the human costs of Israel’s war in Gaza. The package is a masterclass of innovative, rigorous and empathetic storytelling.
Links to the Winning Work:
Revenge, fire and destruction: A year of Israeli soldiers’ videos from Gaza
Gaza’s uncounted dead
The long road to reconstruction
What Israel’s strategic corridor in Gaza reveals about its postwar plans
Israel is demolishing northern Gaza and fortifying military positions, imagery shows
Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed.
Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists
Citation for Excellence:
Maya Rosen
Jewish Currents
“Maya Rosen reports on Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon”