Best web coverage of international affairs
AWARD DATE: 2007
AWARD NAME: Website Award 2007
RECIPIENTS: Damien Cave, Diana Oliva Cave, Baghdad Bureau and Video, Graphics and Multimedia Staff
AFFILIATION: The New York Times
HONORED WORK: “Assessing the Surge: A Survey of Baghdad Neighborhoods”
In the midst of heated debate over the “surge” in Iraq by the American military, The New York Times, led by its Baghdad Bureau, created a comprehensive online guide to the sectarian violence plaguing various Baghdad neighborhoods. In reports that combined analysis, photo and video journalism, interactive maps and on-the-ground reporting, The Times brought clarity to an increasingly complicated story through the shifting realities in the Iraqi capital.
(no citation)