Pulitzer to honour Afghan journalists and media workers
The Pulitzer Prize Board has issued a special citation “to honour the women and men of Afghanistan who have dedicated themselves at great personal risk to create and support journalism that has chronicled decades of life and war.”
“In support of their safety in either their continued work or their resettlement, this citation comes with a $100,000 grant to be administered by the Committee to Protect Journalists for the emergency relief of such individuals and their families.”
The board said that from staff and freelance correspondents to interpreters to drivers to hosts, courageous Afghan residents helped produce Pulitzer-winning and Pulitzer-worthy images and stories that have contributed to a wider understanding of profoundly tragic and complicated circumstances.
“It’s critical in a moment of stark threat to support those Afghans whose bravery, skill, and commitment to the ideals of a free press have helped create so much important journalism in recent decades,” said Board co-chairs Katherine Boo, Gail Collins and John Daniszewski.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes press freedom internationally.
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