Celia W. Dugger
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Celia Williams Dugger is an American
journalist who works for The New York Times
as a foreign correspondent in South Africa
.
Along with her husband Barry Bearak
- currently a New York Times staff writer and visiting professor at Columbia University
- Dugger served as co-bureau chief of the New York Times South Asia bureau in New Delhi
from 1998 to 2002. In 2008, she and Bearak became bureau chiefs in Johannesburg
, South Africa
.
Ms. Dugger is the daughter of Jean and Ronnie Dugger. Mr. Dugger is the founding editor of the influential Texas Observer.
won the Overseas Press Club
award for best international reporting in the print medium showing a concern for the human condition, for their series "Diseases on the Brink." The same series was also honored with an Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
that year.
She has won the George Polk Award for Journalism twice.
In 1992 she won a James Aronson Award
honorable mention.
United States
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journalist who works for The New York Times
The New York Times
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as a foreign correspondent in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Along with her husband Barry Bearak
Barry Bearak
Barry Leon Bearak is a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist and professor of journalism who has worked as a reporter and correspondent for The Miami Herald, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. He also taught journalism as a visiting professor at the Columbia University Graduate...
- currently a New York Times staff writer and visiting professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
- Dugger served as co-bureau chief of the New York Times South Asia bureau in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
from 1998 to 2002. In 2008, she and Bearak became bureau chiefs in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Ms. Dugger is the daughter of Jean and Ronnie Dugger. Mr. Dugger is the founding editor of the influential Texas Observer.
The Texas Observer
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Awards
In 2006, Celia Dugger and Donald McNeil, Jr.Donald McNeil, Jr.
Donald Gerard McNeil, Jr. is a science and health journalist for The New York Times.-Biography:...
won the Overseas Press Club
Overseas Press Club
The Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
award for best international reporting in the print medium showing a concern for the human condition, for their series "Diseases on the Brink." The same series was also honored with an Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalisms award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who...
that year.
She has won the George Polk Award for Journalism twice.
In 1992 she won a James Aronson Award
James Aronson Award
James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism has been awarded by Hunter College since 1990.It is to honor the Hunter College professor of journalism and editor James Aronson....
honorable mention.