The Associated Press earned two prestigious awards from the Overseas Press Club of America for an investigation exposing the global reach of U.S.-made surveillance technology and for photography documenting the human toll of war in Gaza.
AP won the Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award for best international business news reporting for “Made in America, Watched Worldwide.” The reporting team — Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Yael Grauer and AP staff — revealed how the Chinese government has enlisted American technology companies, including IBM, Oracle and Microsoft, to help build what the judges described as “arguably the world’s most repressive technology-based system of citizen surveillance.”
The judges noted that similar systems identified in the reporting are now operating in Gaza, Lebanon, Nepal and even the United States.
AP also received the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for “best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise.” Photographer Mariam Dagga was honored for “Death and Hunger in Gaza.”
In awarding the honor, the judges cited Dagga’s extraordinary commitment to documenting the conflict under extreme conditions, writing that her work “stands as a powerful testament to the role of journalism in bearing witness to suffering and truth.” Dagga continued reporting under difficult conditions until she was killed in August in an Israeli strike.
In addition to the two wins, AP received two citations.
Photographers Abdel Kareem Hana, Jehad Alshrafi and Mariam Dagga were cited for the Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic news reporting for “On the Brink of Famine,” documenting the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
AP photographer Rodrigo Abd, in Buenos Aires, was cited for the Danish Siddiqui Award for best feature photography for “Retirees Struggle in Argentina,” capturing the economic challenges facing older adults amid the country’s financial crisis.
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