David Rohde honored as "Hero of World Press Freedom"
The U.S. journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner was honored with the title «Hero of World Press Freedom.» David Rohde has already put a great deal on the line for his investigative work.
The International Press Institute (IPI) has named US journalist David Rohde this year's "Hero of World Press Freedom". IPI honored Rohde's reporting on the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica and the role of the USA in Afghanistan.
Rohde had "gone beyond the borders of his own country to shed light on some of the most important issues of our time," IPI Director Alison Bethel McKenzie said in a statement on Tuesday.
Rohde, 44, is a columnist for the Reuters news agency and used to work for the New York Times. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner was abducted by Taliban fighters while researching in Afghanistan in 2008 and was held captive for more than seven months. (SDA)
