Announcement from International Editor Doug Jehl, Climate & Environment Editor Zachary A. Goldfarb, International Senior Editor Alan Sipress and Deputy Climate & Environment Editor Juliet Eilperin:
We’re pleased to announce that The Washington Post has been awarded two runner-up citations from the Overseas Press Club for coverage of growing authoritarianism in India and the effects of climate change on human health.
The Hal Boyle citation, which honors top newspaper and digital reporting from abroad, was given to “Rising India, Toxic Tech.” This series revealed how Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist allies are using technology to promote their extreme agenda and tighten their grip on power, and how Big Tech companies are often complicit in these efforts. The project was a collaboration among the International, Financial and Data departments and was reported by Gerry Shih, Karishma Mehrotra and Anant Gupta in the New Delhi bureau; technology writers Joe Menn and Pranshu Verma; and data reporter Clara Ence Morse. The Photography and Design departments played an essential role in giving the project a signature appearance.
The Whitman Bassow citation, which honors international reporting about the environment, was given to the “Human Limit.” The series explored the health effects of climate change around the world, for instance on the spread of malaria in Mozambique, growing hunger in Yemen, death and disease in Pakistan and inequality of heat stress in India. This project was a collaboration among the Climate, International, Data, Photo, Video and Design teams and combined ambitious data analysis with on-the-ground reporting. Twenty-three Post journalists were recognized in this citation.
The teams will be among those honored at the OPC’s annual dinner in New York on Thursday.
