donderdag, april 13, 2006
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad wint Martha Gellhorn prize
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who reports on the conflict in his native Iraq for the Guardian, has won this year's Martha Gellhorn prize for journalism.
The award, named in honour of the famous war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, went to Abdul-Ahad because he provided a rare insight into the reality of the Anglo-American occupation, the award's judges said.
The journalist will receive a £5,000 prize at a ceremony in London in June.
"Here was vivid, humane, independent and brave reporting from an Iraqi point of view, which, in Martha's words, denied the 'official drivel' of the war's propaganda," said the panel of judges, chaired by journalist John Pilger and made up of friends and associates of Gellhorn.
Lees meer in The Guardian.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 15:54
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