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Finalist: The New York Times , by Deborah Sontag

For her coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, steadfastly telling poignant, wide-ranging stories with a lyrical touch and an impressive eye for detail.

Winners

Prize Winner in International Reporting in 2011:

Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry

For their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country. International Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 2011:

Staff

For its examination of the causes of Europe's debt crisis, taking readers behind closed doors to meet pivotal characters while illuminating the wider economic, political and social reverberations.

The Jury

Susan Glasser(Chair )

editor in chief

Jack Reerink

managing editor, U.S.A. and Canada

Robert Reid

regional editor, Middle East

Paul Salopek*

former correspondent

Charles Sennott

executive editor

Winners in International Reporting

Anthony Shadid

For his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation's future.

Staff

For its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America's deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous condition

Steve Fainaru

For his heavily reported series on private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces.

Staff

For its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution.

2011 Prize Winners

Jennifer Egan

An inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.

Ron Chernow

A sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.

Kay Ryan

A body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind.