The David Kaplan Award 2011

Christiane Amanpour

Best TV spot news reporting from abroad

AWARD DATE: 2011

AWARD NAME: The David Kaplan Award 2011

AWARD RECIPIENT: Christiane Amanpour, Katie Hinman, Bartley Price, Nasser Atta, Jeanmarie Condon

AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: ABC News

AWARD HONORED WORK: “Arab Spring – Cairo to Tripoli”

In addition to her courageous reporting in the face of danger, Christiane Amanpour distinguished her coverage of the revolts by obtaining two timely and revealing interviews: in Egypt with President Hosni Mubarak and in Libya with Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. She was the only journalist to talk to these doomed leaders as their regimes were being torn apart. Because Amanpour has been covering the Middle East for two decades, her depth of understanding of the region enabled her to truly capture these historic times in her compelling reports — both as a witness and especially as an interviewer.

Citation(s) for Excellence:
Anderson Cooper, Hala Gorani, Ivan Watson, Ben Wedeman
CNN
“Egypt Uprising”

Richard Engel, Ron Allen, Brian Williams, Lester Holt, Stephanie Gosk,
Mike Taibbi, Jim Maceda and NBC News Staff
NBC News
“Arab Spring”