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Sudarsan Raghavan, Cairo bureau chief of Washington Post, has been named the winner of the 2016 Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia, for a landmark, year-long series of articles on Afghanistan.
The prize”— a $10,000 cash award—is presented annually to the best example of journalism about Asia during the previous calendar year. Raghavan will be given the prize at a May 26 luncheon event at the Asia Society in New York.
On behalf of the Oz Prize Jury, Chair Marcus Brauchli commented: “When President Barack Obama announced Dec. 28, 2014, that combat operations would end in Afghanistan, Sudarsan Raghavan set out to explore the complex legacy and many challenges facing the country. His compassion in reporting on lives changed and generations lost, matched with his courage traveling the breadth of a land still at war, resulted in the most powerful kind of journalism: engaging, human and beautifully written.”
Selected by an independent jury, Raghavan’s winning stories include investigative, profile, analysis and frontline reporting. The “Both Sudarsan Raghavan and The Washington Post are to be commended for this powerful series of stories on Afghanistan,” said Asia Society President and CEO Josette Sheeran. “From a portrait of a female cab driver in Mazar-e Sharif to an expose on the U.S. funding of Afghan militias, Raghavan’s stories have provided critical reporting at a momentous time. Asia Society is proud to honor this work.”
Raghavan said of his effort: “I wanted to explore the legacy the United States was leaving behind, as well as the challenges ahead for Afghanistan, its leaders and the United States military. In particular, I wanted to chronicle the conflict’s human dimension, its impact on the Afghan people.”
Raghavan joined the Post in 2005 after working mostly in Africa for Knight Ridder, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Newsweek. He is the recipient of a George Polk Award, three Overseas Press Club Awards and the Livingston Award for international reporting.
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