Hannah Allam, former Baghdad Chief, Wins Top Knight Ridder Prize

[Rose Siding]

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“Hannah Allam, all of 28 years old, is a genuine prodigy -- a journalist of outstanding accomplishment and a leader who, by her courage, compassion, commitment, and talent, is an inspiration to the many others working with her," Tony Ridder, Knight Ridder CEO, said in a statement. "As a reporter from Iraq in the summer of 2003, and our Baghdad bureau chief from December 2003 until just recently, she has won the admiration of the entire press corps for the quality of her coverage.

"She assembled a remarkable staff of Americans, British, and Iraqi (including Sunnis and Shiites) who regularly out-report and out-write the competition. It is rare that this award goes to someone without a long record of achievement within the company. In Hannah’s case, she has squeezed into two years what many others don’t experience in a lifetime."

Allam's former colleague in Baghdad, Tom Lasseter, won the Journalism Excellence award.

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001177986

I didn't realize she wasn't heading the Baghdad bureau any longer :(