Best reporting in any medium on Latin America
AWARD YEAR: 2006
AWARD NAME: The Robert Spiers Benjamin Award 2006
RECIPIENT: Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy, Paco DeOnis
AFFILIATION: Skylight Pictures – The History Channel en Español
HONORED WORK: “State of Fear”
A chilling recounting of the decades that Peruvians suffered under threat from the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso and then from their own governments’ counter-terrorism repression is told through the eyes and ears of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as well as a society photographer who documented the atrocities. Sobering first person stories and archival footage show how the country became convulsed with fear. It is a cautionary tale about terrorism as Peruvians fight to restore democracy and its rule of law and learn whom to trust.
Citation for Excellence:
The Wall Street Journal Staff
The Wall Street Journal
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