webfact Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Myanmar celebrates first Pulitzer Prize-winning female journalistYANGON: -- An ethnic Kachin journalist from the Associated Press (AP) is the first woman from Myanmar to be among those awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for her reporting, The Irrawaddy reported.Esther Htusan, 29, is one of four AP journalists who worked on an investigation into severe labour abuses within the Southeast Asian fishing industry, a sector which supplies seafood to supermarkets and restaurants abroad.The team’s reporting contributed to the freeing of approximately 2,000 slaves; their work also brought perpetrators of trafficking and enslavement to justice and inspired reforms in the industry.From March until December of 2015, Esther Htusan, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza broke the story of fishing industry atrocities in nine installments. On Monday, it was announced that the series had earned the AP team the award for excellence in journalism in the category of Public Service.Aye Aye Win, a former AP reporter from Myanmar, said she was very proud of the AP journalists for their service to those who would have otherwise remained trapped at sea. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/160245 -- Thai PBS 2016-04-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Awesome, good for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas32 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 And they forgot to mention mostly within Thailand ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas32 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 "With courage, integrity and tenacity, this team of journalists has shaken up the $7 billion-a-year Thai seafood export industry, engaged governments, corporations and consumers," http://www.ap.org/Content/Press-Release/2016/AP-wins-Pulitzer-Prize-for-Seafood-from-Slaves-investigation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Great to see somebody, from Myanmar doing this. Thailand will one day be working for the Burmese.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanukjim Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Good on you lady.It takes courage to be an investigate reporter. With out people like you we would have only the political controlled media for the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Sure the Thai Government will send her congratulations as well, as she has helped the general to stamp corruption. Kidding aside, was hoping somebody would be rewarded for this. It sounds like she risked life and limb for the benefit of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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