Every year, the Academy presents the Arthur Ross Award to a journalist
or journalists who have produced the most compelling and insightful
pieces concerning American diplomacy In
2007, the Arthur Ross Media Award winners were Thomas
E. Ricks of the Washington Post and The
Miami Herald's Latin America Staff.
Thomas E. Ricks
For a quarter century, wherever American men and women have faced
combat, Tom Ricks has been there. His reporting and commentary,
for 17 years at the Wall Street Journal and now as the Washington
Post’s Pentagon Correspondent, have brought clear light and
unsurpassed understanding to US military engagement abroad and to
policy and process at home. His writings on the US Marine Corps
are classics; his book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in
Iraq, has become the definitive account of a critical time in American
history .An enemy of cant, a powerful voice of reason, Tom Ricks
is the “soldier’s civilian” who daily presents
us with a high standard in the search for truth.
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The Miami Herald's Latin America Staff
The Miami Herald Latin America staff prides itself on providing
the most consistent and comprehensive coverage of the region. At
a time when major news organizations are reducing their Latin America
coverage, The Herald has maintained a ten-member department specifically
focused on news out of the region, whose work stands out for its
commentary columns on regional affairs and in-depth coverage of
recent events in Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, and several other
countries, as well as its Washington-based reports on U.S.-Latin
American relations.
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