Reuters has won the Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award, which recognizes the best international business reporting in any medium, from the Overseas Press Club.
The award went to “Fentanyl Express.”
The judges wrote: “This ambitious exploration of the global supply chain for fentanyl exposed the vulnerabilities of the United States’ efforts to police imports of Chinese chemicals that Mexican cartels obtain to make the drug. Surprisingly, the reporting showed that the U.S. mail system is so exploitable that the chemicals often flow from China to the U.S. in small packages before being forwarded to Mexico for final production as pills.”
The awards will be presented at the annual OPC awards dinner in New York on April 17. Lynsey Addario, an American photojournalist for more than two decades, will receive the club’s President’s Award for her outstanding coverage of conflict, humanitarian crises and women’s issues around the Middle East and Africa.
See all of the winners here.
