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Jill
Carroll Wins IWMF Courage in Journalism Award
April 2006.
On the same day she
was freed in Iraq, American journalist Jill
Carroll was named a 2006
Courage in
Journalism Award
winner by the International Women's Media
Foundation.
“We are delighted to announce her selection in
celebration of her freedom,” said
Courage in
Journalism Award
Chair Judy Woodruff of PBS.
After 82 days of captivity in Iraq, Carroll was
released March 30. A freelance reporter working
for The
Christian Science Monitor,
Carroll was abducted on January 7 after she, a
driver and an interpreter were attacked.
Carroll, 28, is a Michigan native who went to
the Middle East in October 2002.
Read the
press release
Read
coverage of Jill Carroll's release in The Christian Science Monitor
Watch a
video interview with Jill Carroll |
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