Was It Worth It? Journalist Wins 'Best Scoop' Award After...


A journalist working for Papua New Guinea’s Post-Courier has won an award for “best scoop” after he had to undergo a ritual circumcision to get the story, Britain’s The Telegraph reports.

Simon Eroro had to “cross rivers and jungles to reach a group of rebels, only to be told he must first agree to the circumcision as part of a cleansing ceremony.” He agreed, and wrote a story exposing the cross-border movements of rebels moving from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea.

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