American journalist, 2022 Pulitzer prizewinner
This article is about the journalist. For the family name, see
Azmatkhan
.
Azmat Khan
is an American journalist and winner of a
2022 Pulitzer Prize
for international reporting.
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She is the Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor at the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
.
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She is the inaugural Director of the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism.
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Her investigative report in
The New York Times
titled "Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns Of Failure In Deadly Airstrikes"
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was called "extraordinary" by
WNYC The Takeaway
and was the lead article in the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage.
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Her work has also won two
National Magazine Awards
, two
Overseas Press Club
awards, the
Polk Award
, and the
Hillman Prize
.
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Education
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Khan has a B.A. degree from the
University of Michigan
, and was a
Clarendon Scholar
at the
University of Oxford
where she gained a
M.St.
degree. She has also studied at
The American University in Cairo
.
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Career
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In December 2021, Khan's report "Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes" was published in
The New York Times
describing how efforts to minimize the civilian death count fell far short of the approach promised by the US military for its use of airstrikes
in the war against ISIL
.
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The Times
reported that airstrikes against ISIL, as well as in the war in Afghanistan, was marked by
"flawed intelligence, poor targeting and thousands of civilian deaths."
The Times reported that efforts to minimize civilian casualties diminished after
President Trump
assumed office in 2017, stating
"... the authority to approve strikes was pushed further down the chain of command, even as an overwhelming majority of strikes were carried out in the heat of war, and not planned far in advance."
The Times reported that the US military systematically under-reported casualties, providing a total death count of 1,417, when the actual count was significantly higher. The report states that the military made little effort to accurately determine civilian casualties after the airstrikes. The military was also reluctant to divulge information about the casualties, in spite of promises of transparency, and news media were required to make numerous requests under the
Freedom of Information Act
, and had to repeatedly sue the US military to produce data. This report was among those for which Khan and her colleagues were awarded the 2022
Pulitzer Prize
for International Reporting.
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As of May 2022
[update]
she is writing a book for
Random House
investigating America's air wars.
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Personal life
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Khan traces her roots to
Pakistan
, but was born and raised in
Grand Rapids
,
Michigan
.
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References
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