Best newspaper, news service, newsletter or digital interpretation of international affairs
Award Year: 2024
Award Name: The William Worthy Award 2024
Recipient: Staff
Affiliation: The Wall Street Journal
Honored Work: “Exposing Putin’s Police State – From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond”
Given the dramatic events surrounding the release of correspondent Evan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal could have easily produced a first-hand account of his captivity and left it at that. Instead, the Journal’s team used Gershkovich’s wrongful detention as a jumping-off point to produce truly groundbreaking reporting on the Kremlin’s global spying operations, publishing eye-opening revelations about how Russian agents have aggressively penetrated the West and how its security services have taken a leading role within the Putin regime.
Links to Winning Work:
Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
Inside the Secret Negotiations to Free Evan GershkovichThe Global Hunt for Putin’s Sleeper Agents
In a Secret Game of Prisoner Swaps, Putin Has Held Most of the Cards
The Unluckiest American Is Finally Coming Home From Russia
The Russian Spies Next Door
The Shadowy Judicial System That Controls the Fate of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich
Russians Keep Turning Up Dead All Over the World
Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices on U.S.-Bound Planes
Citation for Excellence:
Staff
The Washington Post
“Repression’s Long Arm”