Source: The New Yorker Newsletter
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| Mosab Abu Toha’s Commentary on the Devastation in Gaza |
| The Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha received the award for commentary, for four essays documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s invasion following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. |
Moises Saman won the award for feature photography, for photos depicting the horrors of the Assad regime in Syria, which were taken primarily in and around Damascus after the dictatorship fell to rebels in December. At morgues, detention centers, and an airbase, Saman captured evidence of torture and repression in black-and-white. Inside private homes and on bombed-out streets, he preserved scenes of shock and grief as mourners came together to honor victims of the regime. See the photographs »
The staff of In the Dark received the award for audio reporting, for the show’s third season, which examined the 2005 massacre of civilians by U.S. Marines in Haditha, Iraq. Despite a pledge of accountability made by President George W. Bush, the prosecutions of the Marines fell apart, and no one served time in prison for the killings. After the release of the nine-episode series, two senators, Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, and Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, asked the Defense Department’s inspector general to determine whether the agency is complying with obligations to respond to alleged war crimes committed by U.S. service members.
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