A photojournalist who has visited more than 60 countries covering history-shaping events is the 2017 recipient of the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage.
Daniel Berehulak, a freelance journalist and regular contributor to The New York Times, received the medal April 10 from the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and its McGill Program for Journalistic Courage.
Berehulak’s coverage includes the Iraq War, the trial of Saddam Hussein, child labor in India, Afghanistan elections and the return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan. He has documented people coping with the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan and the Chernobyl disaster. Samples of his photography can be viewed on his website at DanielBerehulak.com.
Berehulak, who is based in Mexico City, was awarded the Oliver Rebbot Award in March 2017 for his written and photographic coverage of murders of drug users in the Philippines that appeared in a multimedia feature on The New York Times website. He also has won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, five World Press Photo awards, two Photographer of the Year awards from Pictures of the Year International and the prestigious John Faber Award from the Overseas Press Club.
The McGill Medal is named for Ralph McGill, the late editor and publisher of The Atlanta Constitution. McGill was regarded by many as “the conscience of the South” for his editorials challenging racial segregation in the 1950s and 1960s.
