The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards

The New York Times won three George Polk Awards on Wednesday for coverage of President Trump’s expansion of power, the abuse of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia and brutality against inmates in New York. The foreign reporting prize was awarded to Abdi Latif Dahir, Justin Scheck and Vivian Nereim for their investigation “Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia,” which revealed the extensive abuse of East African women who were trafficked for domestic work and the individuals profiting from their trafficking.

The Times received the national reporting prize for its reporting on Mr. Trump’s push to expand executive power, including his use of pardons, the withholding of government funds as a cudgel and the criminal prosecution of his political enemies. Jan Ransom of The Times won the justice reporting prize for her reporting on brutality by New York State prison guards, work that led to laws strengthening prison oversight.

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