Veteran PBS “Frontline” producer Martin Smith has been announced as the winner of Columbia Journalism School’s 2014 Chancellor Award for his “courageous and insightful reporting on some of the most complex stories of our time.”
Past recipients include NBC’s Richard Engel, The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, and NPR’s Robert Siegel.
Smith has covered the world for 40 years, tracking everything from the rise of Al Qaeda to the global financial crisis. His next documentary, The Rise of ISIS, premieres October 28 on PBS.
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