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David Finkel: 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Category of Explanatory Reporting

2006 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Explanatory Journalism | Criticism | Investigative | Beat Reporting

Explanatory Journalism | The Washington Post's David Finkel won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. His three-part series below followed a U.S.-funded program to encourage democracy in Yemen.

Exporting Democracy: A Call From the Sheiks
U.S. Ideals Meet Reality in Yemen
Robin Madrid, Yemen director for the Washington-based non-profit National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), tries to bring democracy to Yemen.
 
Exporting Democracy: A Place Called Al Jawf
A Struggle for Peace in a Place Where Fighting Never Ends
A sheik tries to keep peace while his government becomes increasingly anxious over Robin Madrid's attempts to help him.
 
Exporting Democracy: The President's Concerns
In the End, a Painful Choice
With time running out on Robin Madrid's program, President Ali Abdullah Saleh finally expresses his concerns.
 

About This Series

Reporter David Finkel's three-part series followed a U.S.-funded program to encourage democracy from its inception to its conclusion, and was based on a year of reporting in Washington and Yemen. It was done with the cooperation of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, which gave The Washington Post full access to the program without knowing how it, or any stories about it, would turn out.

Yemen: Exporting Democracy

Videos:
Map of Yemen | Photo Gallery

Sun: A Call from the Sheiks
Mon: A Place Called al-Jawf
Tue: The President's Concerns

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