Video: Prize-winning foreign correspondents share their experiences at Columbia Journalism School

News October 12, 2016

Last night at Columbia Journalism School, six of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners discussed how they find fixers and cope with the stress of working in war zones, and shared stories on the impact of their work.

This year's participants in the 2016 annual Pulitzer Winners' Seminar were:

Robin McDowell, Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan, AP, Public Service
Alissa Rubin, The New York Times, International Reporting
Yannis Behrakis, Reuters, Breaking News Photography

Sheila Coronel, dean of academic affairs at the Journalism School and director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, moderated.

Watch the video of the full conversation here:

AP's Seafood from Slaves team, Alissa Rubin of The New York Times and Yannis Behrakis of Reuters discuss the reporting behind their 2016 Pulitzer-winning work. Sheila Coronel, dean of academic affairs at Columbia Journalism School and director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, moderates.

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