Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism

The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, named for the renowned war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn, was established in 1999 by the Martha Gellhorn Trust. It is founded on the following principles:

The award will be for the kind of reporting that distinguished Martha: in her own words "the view from the ground". This is essentially a human story that penetrates the established version of events and illuminates an urgent issue buried by prevailing fashions of what makes news. We would expect the winner to tell an unpalatable truth, validated by powerful facts, that exposes establishment conduct and its propaganda, or "official drivel", as Martha called it. The subjects can be based in this country or abroad.

The prize is awarded annually to journalists writing in English whose work has appeared in print or in a reputable internet publication.

Previous winners

• 1999: Nick Davies (The Guardian)
• 2000: Jeremy Harding (London Review of Books)
• 2001: Geoffrey Lean (The Independent)
• 2002: Robert Fisk (The Independent)
• 2003: Chris McGreal (The Guardian)
• 2004: Patrick Cockburn (The Independent)
• 2005: Ghaith Abdul Ahad (The Guardian); Jonathan Steele (The Guardian) received a special award for his distinguished career as a reporter.
• 2006: Hala Jaber (The Sunday Times) and Michael Tierney (The Glasgow Herald)
• 2007: Dahr Jamail (unembedded, Inter Press Service, IPS) and Mohammed Omer (unembedded, Inter Press Service, IPS)^[1]
• 2008: Mohammed Omer (Washington Report)
• 2009: Ian Cobain (The Guardian)
• 2010: Johann Hari (The Independent)
• 2011: Julian Assange (Wikileaks) for the prize, and Umar Cheema, Charles Clovers, and Jonathan Cook for the "Martha Gellhorn Special Award for Journalism"^[2][3]

External links

• Official website of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism

References

1. ^ Caitlin Fitzsimmons,Reporters share Gellhorn prize, The Guardian, 19 May 2008
2. ^ "Umar Cheema wins prestigious UK award". The News International. 2011-06-03. http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=50584&Cat=1&dt=6/3/2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "Umar Cheema, ... Julian Assange and two other journalists have been declared winners of one of the prestigious British award, Martha Gellhorn Award for brave reporting. ... Charles Clovers of Financial Times and Jonathan Cook of Independent newspaper" 
3. ^ Gunter, Joel. "Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism". Journalism.co.uk. http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/julian-assange-wins-martha-gellhorn-prize-for-journalism/s2/a544492/. Retrieved 3 June 2011.