Rudaw Media Network is proud to announce that the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA (AFPC-USA) has named Diyar Kurda, Rudaw’s Washington DC bureau chief and talented correspondent, as one of the best reporters in the United States for 2024 for professional excellence.
Seven other journalists and reporters from CNBC, Fox News, New York Times, Axios, ZDF, Entravision, and Barron’s also are receiving awards at an ceremony in the US capital on December 4.
In previous years, several accomplished American and international journalists based in the United States have received the award for professional excellence.
Leading figures, who have played a role in protecting and assisting foreign correspondents in North America, have also received awards from the Association, include: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the US president. In that category, the recipient this year is Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The Association states that Diyar Kurda is a Kurdish journalist who works for one of the leading media outlets in the Middle East while regularly attending press briefings and asking questions about the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Kurdish issues in the region. Diyar Kurda has conducted many interviews during his time as a journalist in Washington with current and former US officials on Middle East and Iraq affairs.
Rudaw commends him on being named the best Middle East Correspondent based in the United States in 2024 for his outstanding, professional, and effective reporting.
Rudaw Media Network warmly congratulates our colleague Diyar Kurda. We also congratulate all journalists from Kurdistan and the Middle East. This award will further strengthen and encourage Rudaw and its journalists.
Rudaw Media Network
October 29, 2024
