Emily Green

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Emily Green
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater George Washington University
OccupationJournalist
Known forRecipient of 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting
Notable work
"Episode 688: The Out Crowd"

Emily Green is a Mexico City-based journalist whose work focuses on immigration. [1] In May 2020, Green was one of the inaugural recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting for her work with This American Life concerning the personal impact of the "Remain in Mexico" policy. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Green is notable as one of few freelance journalists to have been awarded a Pulitzer Prize. In 2021, Green won an Emmy award for her coverage of children being trained to fight drug cartels in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

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Education

Green received a bachelor's degree in political communication from George Washington University in 2005. In 2006–2007, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to report on human rights abuses in the Philippines. [1] [7]

Awards

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References

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  2. "The Latest: 1st audio Pulitzer prize goes to 'The Out Crowd'". ABC News.
  3. Learmonth, Michael (5 May 2020). "VICE News Shares a Pulitzer for Reporting on Kidnapping and Extortion of Asylum-Seekers in Mexico".
  4. "2020 Pulitzer Prize winners". Washington Post.
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  6. Glass, Ira (4 May 2020). "We Just Won the First Ever Pulitzer Prize for Audio Journalism!". This American Life.
  7. "George Washington University Winners for 2006! | Center for Undergraduate Fellowships & Research | The George Washington University". undergraduate.research.gwu.edu.
  8. "The Kids Being Trained and Armed to Fight Mexican Cartels." VICE TV on YouTube.