Alissa Rubin
Alissa Johannsen Rubin is an American journalist who writes about war. She is of Jewish descent.[1] She is the bureau chief for The New York Times in Paris. In 2016 she received a Pulitzer Prize for her stories about women in Afghanistan. [2]
Work[change | change source]
Rubin worked for The Congressional Quarterly, The Wichita Eagle, and The American Lawyer magazine. [2]
In 1997, Rubin went to work at The Los Angeles Times, where she wrote about Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans.[2]
In 2007 she went to work for the The New York Times, where she wrote about Iraq and France. She worked in the Baghdad bureau as a journalist, and then she became chief. In 2009, she became chief of the bureau in Kabul, Afghanistan.[2]
Awards[change | change source]
- 2016 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting [3]
- 2016 Michael Kelly Award for reports on the treatment of women in Afghanistan [4]
- 2015 John Chancellor Award [5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ www.pulitzer.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Alissa Rubin, 2016 Pulitzer Winner, Reports From the Front Lines". The New York Times. 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Pulitzer Prizes: A.P. Wins Public Service Award; 'Hamilton' Is Honored". The New York Times. 19 April 2016.
- ↑ "News Room - The Michael Kelly Award". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "John Chancellor Award - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism". Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
Other websites[change | change source]
- "Flawed Justice after a mob killed an Afghan woman", by Alissa J. Rubin. This story about the death of Farkhunda Malikzada won her the Pulitzer Prize.
- Alissa J. Rubin on Twitter