Azmat Khan is an American journalist and winner of a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.[1] She is the Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2] She is the inaugural Director of the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism.[3]
Azmat Khan | |
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.jpg) Khan in 2019 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) University of Oxford (MSt) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, educator |
| Awards | 2022 Pulitzer Prize |
Her investigative report in The New York Times titled "Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns Of Failure In Deadly Airstrikes"[4] was called "extraordinary" by WNYC The Takeaway and was the lead article in the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage.[5][1]
Her work has also won two National Magazine Awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, the Polk Award, and the Hillman Prize.[6][7][8][9]
Education
editKhan has a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, and was a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford where she gained a M.St. degree. She has also studied at The American University in Cairo.[1]
Career
editIn December 2021, Khan's report "Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes" was published in The New York Times describing how efforts to minimize the civilian death count fell far short of the approach promised by the US military for its use of airstrikes in the war against ISIL.[10] The Times reported that airstrikes against ISIL, as well as in the war in Afghanistan, was marked by
"flawed intelligence, poor targeting and thousands of civilian deaths."
The Times reported that efforts to minimize civilian casualties diminished after President Trump assumed office in 2017, stating
"... the authority to approve strikes was pushed further down the chain of command, even as an overwhelming majority of strikes were carried out in the heat of war, and not planned far in advance."
The Times reported that the US military systematically under-reported casualties, providing a total death count of 1,417, when the actual count was significantly higher. The report states that the military made little effort to accurately determine civilian casualties after the airstrikes. The military was also reluctant to divulge information about the casualties, in spite of promises of transparency, and news media were required to make numerous requests under the Freedom of Information Act, and had to repeatedly sue the US military to produce data. This report was among those for which Khan and her colleagues were awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[11][12][1]
As of May 2022[update] she is writing a book for Random House investigating America's air wars.[1]
Personal life
editKhan traces her roots to Pakistan, but was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "Azmat Khan | Columbia Journalism School". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "Journalist Azmat Khan to Join Columbia Journalism Faculty and Lead New Center for Global Journalism". Columbia Journalism School. August 27, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ Khan, Azmat (2021-12-18). "Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "Military Documents Show U.S. Airstrikes Have Led to Thousands of Civilian Deaths | The Takeaway". WNYC Studios. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "Public Interest 2022". www.asme.media. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "NEW YORK, THE NEW YORKER LEAD ELLIE PACK - NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD 2018 WINNERS ANNOUNCED". www.asme.media. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "Current Winners | Long Island University". liu.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "21 The Roy Rowan Award 2021". OPC. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ Khan, Azmat (2021-12-18). "Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ Levenson, Michael (2021-12-18). "What to Know About the Civilian Casualty Files". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ Khan, Azmat; Hassan, Lila; Almukhtar, Sarah; Shorey, Rachel (2021-12-18). "The Civilian Casualty Files". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "Azmat Khan: The Digital Maven". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.