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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

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

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.