Paul Watson (journalist)
Paul Richard Watson (born July 13, 1959) is a Canadian photojournalist and author.
Watson was born in Weston, Ontario. He was awarded the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for his photograph, taken in 1993 while covering the civil war in Somalia for the Toronto Star newspaper. The photograph depicted U.S. soldier Staff Sgt. William David Cleveland's[1] body being dragged by Somalis through the streets of Mogadishu.[2]
While at the Toronto Star, Watson earned several National Newspaper awards for social and cultural reporting.
He received the Drummer General’s Award in 2007 for his book Where War Lives, based on his experiences as a war journalist. The Globe and Mail of Toronto named it one of the "year’s 100 most notable books".[3]
Paul Watson is formerly the South Asia bureau chief for The Los Angeles Times, covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Iraq. He was Southeast Asia bureau chief, based in Jakarta, when he left the Los Angeles Times to return to The Toronto Star in July, 2009. He is currently a multi-media reporter, covering the Arctic and Aboriginal beat, as well as Afghanistan, for The Star, Canada's largest circulation daily newspaper.
[edit] Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, 1994
- Robert Capa Gold Medal, Overseas Press Club of America.
- George Polk Award, foreign reporting
- Freedom of the Press Award, National Press Club (USA), Washington, D.C.
- Hal Boyle Award, foreign reporting, Overseas Press Club of America
- South Asian Journalists Association’s Daniel Pearl Award, honoring the best print reporting from the region, for coverage of Afghanistan
- Canadian National Newspaper Awards
[edit] References
- ^ Watson, Paul (2007). Where War Lives. McClelland & Stewart Ltd.. ISBN 9780771088223. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Where-War-Lives/Paul-Watson/e/9780771088223.
- ^ "The haunting of Paul Watson". 2007-08-19. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=39320e3d-f2b7-4606-aa9d-73340a9a7752. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ "Where War Lives". Paul Watson. http://web.mac.com/paulrwatson/Where_War_Lives/Welcome.html. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
[edit] External links
- Paul Watson's website
- Watson, Paul (2007). Where War Lives McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 9780771088223
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