Finalist: Thomson Reuters Staff
For its well-crafted reports on the momentous revolution in Libya that went beyond battlefield dispatches to tell the wider story of discontent, conflict and the role of outside powers.
Winners
Prize Winner in International Reporting in 2012:
Jeffrey Gettleman
For his vivid reports, often at personal peril, on famine and conflict in East Africa, a neglected but increasingly strategic part of the world.
International Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 2012:
The New York Times Staff
For its powerful exploration of serious mistakes concealed by authorities in Japan after a tsunami and earthquake devastated the nation, and caused a nuclear disaster.
The Jury
The Jury
Gillian Tett(Chair )
U.S. managing editor
Susan Glasser
editor in chief
Mary Jordan*
editor
Robert Reid
Middle East editor
Paul Salopek*
former correspondent
Winners in International Reporting
Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry
For their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country.
Anthony Shadid
For his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation's future.
Staff
For its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America's deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous condition
Steve Fainaru
For his heavily reported series on private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces.
2012 Prize Winners
No award
No award
Manning Marable
An exploration of the legendary life and provocative views of one of the most significant African-Americans in U.S. history, a work that separates fact from fiction and blends the heroic and tragic.
John Lewis Gaddis
An engaging portrait of a globetrotting diplomat whose complicated life was interwoven with the Cold War and America's emergence as the world's dominant power.
Tracy K. Smith
A collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain.