The Shortlist
This year’s judges shortlisted the following:
John Arlidge – Sunday Times
Freelance journalist,
Sunday Times and Conde Nast
John Arlidge is a freelance journalist who writes for the Sunday Times in London and for Conde Nast in New York.
Amelia Gentleman – The Guardian (G2)
Social affairs writer,
The Guardian
Amelia Gentleman writes on social affairs for The Guardian. Previously she was New Delhi correspondent for The Observer and for the International Herald Tribune, where she won first prize in both the feature and comment writing categories of the 2007 Human Rights Press Awards, organised by Amnesty International Hong Kong. In July 2007 she received the Ramnath Goenka prize for best foreign correspondent covering India from the president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam. She was formerly Paris and Moscow correspondent for The Guardian.
Peter Hitchens – Mail on Sunday
Columnist and reporter,
Mail on Sunday
Peter Hitchens is a columnist and reporter for The Mail on Sunday, having previously reported from Moscow and Washington for the Daily Express. He has contributed to other publications, such as Prospect and The Guardian, authored documentaries on Channel 4 and the BBC, and appeared elsewhere on radio and television.
Paul Lewis – The Guardian
Journalist,
The Guardian
Paul Lewis is a journalist for The Guardian. His coverage of the G20 protests in London won him the Bevins Prize for outstanding investigative journalism and the Reporter of the Year accolade at the 2010 British Preess Awards. He was also runner-up for the Paul Foot Award. He has previously been nominated Young Journalist of the Year and worked for the Washington Post as the Stern Fellow.
Anthony Loyd – The Times; Standpoint
War correspondent,
The Times
Anthony Loyd is a war correspondent who writes regularly for The Times and contributes to other publications, including Standpoint. He has written two books about his experiences in war zones in Chechnya, Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq: My War Gone by, I Miss it So and Another Bloody Love Letter.
Hamish McRae – The Independent
Associate editor,
The Independent
One of the country’s most respected financial journalists and commentators Hamish McRae is an associate editor of The Independent. He was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year 2006 at the British Press Awards.
David Reynolds – BBC (Radio 4, News online)
Prof of International History,
Cambridge University
David Reynolds is the Professor of International History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Christ's College. He is a regular visitor to the United States and has held visiting university appointments at Harvard, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
- Longlisted Package America, Empire of Liberty - episode 40 (link to follow)
- Longlisted Package America, Empire of Liberty - episode 56 (link to follow)
- Longlisted Package America, Empire of Liberty - episode 89 (link to follow)
- Longlisted Article Tapping deep into America's past
- Longlisted Article Audio slideshow: Paralysis of a President