Jason Motlagh is an Iranian-American journalist, writer, photographer, and filmmaker who has reported for media organisations including The Economist, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, and U.S. News & World Report.[1] He is a Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellow and former Kabul correspondent for TIME.[2] He was interviewed by Sacha Pfeiffer on NPR's nationally syndicated radio show On Point in 2016 concerning his work following migrants through the Darién Gap.[3]
Jason Motlagh | |
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| Born | Jason Motlagh |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, writer, photographer, filmmaker |
| Website | http://jasonmotlagh.com |
Motlagh won the National Magazine Award in 2010 for News Reporting for a four-part series on the 2008 Mumbai attacks, titled Sixty Hours of Terror, published in the Virginia Quarterly Review.[4][5] Motlagh also received a Madeline Dane Ross Award from The Overseas Press Club for "best international reporting in the print medium or online showing a concern for the human condition" for his essay, The Ghosts of Rana Plaza, a report on the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh.[6][7] The essay also won the Daniel Pearl Award for best reporting on South Asia and was a finalist for the 2015 National Magazine Award in reporting.[4][8]
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References edit
- ^ "About | Jason Motlagh". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Jason Motlagh | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ^ "Stories From The Dangerous Darién Gap | On Point". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ^ a b "Jason Motlagh". SBS.
- ^ "Virginia varsity runs serial blog on 26/11". The Hindu. November 18, 2009.
- ^ "Accolades: U.Va. Faculty, "With Good Reason,' Health Centers Honored". States News Service. May 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016 – via HighBeam.
- ^ Motlagh, Jason (April 18, 2014). "A year after Rana Plaza: What hasn't changed since the Bangladesh factory collapse". The Washington Post.
- ^ "National Magazine Awards 2015 Finalists Announced". American Society of Magazine Editors. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
External links edit
- Official website
- Pulitzer Center page on Jason Motlagh
- The Washington Times page on Jason Motlagh
- The TIME Magazine page on Jason Motlagh
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