27 August 2003

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES KURT SCHORK AWARD WINNERS


American freelance reporter Elizabeth Rubin and Indian journalist Asha Krishnakumar are the winners of Columbia University's second annual Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. The awards, which honour the freelance reporter killed in a military ambush in May 2000, recognise exceptional reporting that sheds new light on controversial issues, including conflicts, human-rights concerns or cross-border issues.

The awards panel honoured Rubin for her magazine reports from "some of the world's most dangerous and misunderstood regions," which illustrated an "ability to explain a completely different mindset in a non-judgmental and insightful manner." Krishnakumar, a reporter for the bi-weekly magazine "Frontline", was recognised for her "thorough, compassionate and determined" reporting on the abuses suffered by children in India.

Freelance journalist Andrew Meldrum, who was forcibly removed from Zimbabwe in mid-May after writing several articles on that country's economic and political crises for "The Guardian," is one of four journalists to receive an honourable mention. The others are Sabrina Tavernise (United States), Massoud Ansari (Pakistan) and Adrian Liviu Avram (Romania).

For more information, contact: Caroline Ladhani, tel: +1 212 854 6581; e-mail: CL2059@columbia.edu, or visit:
- Columbia University: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/03/07/kurtSchork_awards.html
- Kurt Schork Awards: http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/schork/


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