Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism

The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, named for the war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn, was established in 1999 by the Martha Gellhorn Trust.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} The Trust is a UK-registered charity.{{cite web |title=The Martha Gellhorn Trust Prize - Charity 1107526 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4006942/charity-overview |website=register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk |publisher=Charity Commission |access-date=10 January 2021}} The award 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.{{cite news |author=James Fox |author2=Victoria Glendinning |author3=John Hatt |author4=Cynthia Kee |author5=Alexander Matthews |author6=John Pilger |title=Letter: Martha Gellhorn prize of pounds 5,000 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letter-martha-gellhorn-prize-of-pounds-5-000-1122531.html |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=The Independent |date=September 25, 1999 |language=en-GB}}

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

Alexander Matthews was the chair of the Martha Gellhorn Trust Prize Committee in 2011. According to its website, the prize committee includes James Fox, Jeremy Harding, Cynthia Kee, Sandy Matthews, Shirlee Matthews and John Pilger.{{cite web | title=Martha Gellhorn Prize Committee | website=marthagellhorn.com | url=http://www.marthagellhorn.com/prize_cttee.htm | access-date=2020-12-01}}

Previous winners

1999: Nick Davies (The Guardian)
2000: Jeremy Harding (London Review of Books)
2001: Geoffrey Lean (The Independent)
2002: Robert Fisk (The Independent){{cite news | last=Davison | first=Phil | title=Robert Fisk, daring but controversial British war correspondent and author, dies at 74 | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2020-11-02 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-fisk-daring-but-controversial-british-war-correspondent-and-author-dies-at-74/2020/11/02/a5a84dd2-1d14-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html | language=rw | access-date=2021-08-31}}
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.{{cite web | last=Gazette | first=Press | title=Newspapers digest | website=Press Gazette | date=2015-08-25 | url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/newspapers-digest/ | access-date=2021-08-31}}
2006: Hala Jaber (The Sunday Times) and Michael Tierney (The Glasgow Herald)
2007:
2008: Dahr Jamail (unembedded, Inter Press Service, IPS) and Mohammed Omer (unembedded, Inter Press Service, IPS)Caitlin Fitzsimmons,[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/19/pressandpublishing.middleeastthemedia Reporters share Gellhorn prize], The Guardian, 19 May 2008
2009: Ian Cobain (The Guardian) for the prize,{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} and Marie Colvin (Sunday Times) for the "Martha Gellhorn Special Award for Journalism"{{cite web | title=Marie Colvin: Award-winning foreign correspondent hailed for her | website=The Independent | date=2012-02-23 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/marie-colvin-award-winning-foreign-correspondent-hailed-her-courage-and-compassion-7321341.html | access-date=2021-08-31}}
2010: Johann Hari (The Independent){{cite web | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/guy-walters/2011/06/afghanistan-joya-women | title=Does Johann Hari actually meet his interviewees? | date=July 2011 }}{{cite web | title=Johann Hari picks up Martha Gellhorn Prize | website=Press Gazette | date=2015-08-25 | url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/johann-hari-picks-up-martha-gellhorn-prize/ | access-date=2021-08-31}}
2011: Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) for the prize, and Umar Cheema, Charles Clover, and Jonathan Cook for the "Martha Gellhorn Special Award for Journalism"{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=50584&Cat=1&dt=6/3/2011|title=Umar Cheema wins prestigious UK award|date=2011-06-03|work=The News International|quote=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|access-date=3 June 2011}}{{cite web|last=Gunter|first=Joel|title=Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism|date=2 June 2011 |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/julian-assange-wins-martha-gellhorn-prize-for-journalism/s2/a544492/|publisher=Journalism.co.uk|access-date=3 June 2011}}
2012: Gareth Porter (Inter Press Service, IPS){{cite news|url=http://www.ips.org/institutional/gareth-porter-wins-martha-gellhorn-prize-for-journalism/|title=Gareth Porter wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism|date=2012-06-15|publisher=Inter Press Service|access-date=16 June 2012}}
2013: Chris Woods, Alice Ross and Jack Serle (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism){{cite web | last=Bureau | first=The | title=The Bureau's drone project wins Martha Gellhorn award | website=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB) | date=2013-06-20 | url=https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2013-06-20/the-bureaus-drone-project-wins-martha-gellhorn-award | access-date=2021-08-31}}
2014: Iona Craig (Freelance: Al Jazeera America, The Times)
2015: not awarded
2016: not awarded
2017: Robert Parry (Freelance: Consortium News){{cite web | title=Robert Parry, Investigative Reporter in Washington, Dies at 68 | website=The New York Times | date=2018-01-29 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/obituaries/robert-parry-investigative-reporter-dies.html | ref={{sfnref | The New York Times | 2018}} | access-date=2021-08-31}}

References

External links

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Category:British journalism awards

Category:Awards established in 1999

Category:1999 establishments in the United Kingdom