For a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence, Seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).

Awarded to Ian Johnson of The Wall Street Journal for his revealing stories from China about victims of the government's often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future.

Columbia University President George Rupp (left) presents Ian Johnson with a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

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Awarded to Paul Salopek of Chicago Tribune for his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Congo.

Columbia University President George Rupp (left) presents Paul Salopek with a 2001Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

Finalists

Also nominated as a finalist in this category was: Maura Reynolds of the Los Angeles Times for her reporting, at considerable personal risk, of the volatile aftermath of the war in Chechnya and the uncertain future engagement of Russia with that republic.