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Moni Basu (born October 13, 1962) is a veteran Indian American journalist currently on staff at CNN.

She is best known for her narrative nonfiction work, including a 2011 e-book, “Chaplain Turner’s War.” Basu has been a journalist since 1983 and has been at CNN since 2009. She has focused her work on war, trauma and human resilience.

She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and also teaches in the low-residency MFA program in narrative nonfiction at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Career

Basu earned an MA in international relations from Florida State University in 1983 and then began reporting for the Florida Flambeau, a small independent newspaper in Tallahassee, Florida. She rose to become editor in chief from 1986 t 1988. She worked briefly for the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, where she produced a quarterly magazine on child abuse prevention. In 1989, she joined the staff of the Tallahassee Democrat, where she edited national and international stories.

In 1990, Basu was hired by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she worked as both reporter and editor for 19 years. She began covering Iraq in 2002 and in her speeches, she has talked about how the war and her experience as a frontline journalist changed her life. She has made 11 trips to Iraq, some embedded with U.S. Army and Marines.

In 2008, Basu followed an Army chaplain with an infantry battalion that was part of the so-called surge of troops in Iraq. She produced an eight-part newspaper series which won her national accolades including the Joseph B. Galloway award from the Military Reporters and Editors association as well as Reporter of the Year from the Religion News Association. The judges said the series "…had credibility and authenticity because the writer, in the best tradition of unblinking reporting, told her readers what she witnessed firsthand."

Basu took a buyout from the Atlanta newspaper in 2009 and began working as a reporter at CNN Digital. At CNN, she has covered major global events including the Iraq war, the Haiti earthquake, the Nepal earthquake, sexual assault in India and the migrant crisis on the Mediterranean. She has also covered politics on the domestic front as well as immigration and the refugee crisis.

Basu has won numerous awards and accolades for her work and has spoken about her work at various conferences and events. She also has a personal blog called Evil Reporter Chick, the moniker given to her (with affection) by an army sergeant.

References

http://www.cnn.com/profiles/moni-basu-profile

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HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Asian-American Journalists Association. 2017.

Winner, general excellence in multi-media reporting. “These crossings are nothing but fatal”

American Society of Newspaper Editors. 2016.

Finalist, Batten Medal, honoring public service journalism

South Asian Journalists Association. 2015.

First place, Feature story for “Missing plane mystery: “A hole in the clouds, an empty space on earth”

Society for Features Journalism. 2013.

First place for integrated storytelling for “The Undecided”

Society for Features Journalism. 2013

First place for best series for “Race and Politics”

Peabody. 2012

Arab Spring Coverage, CNN team

Reuters/Stanley Foundation. 2012

Global Security Seminar for Journalists in Istanbul, Turkey. Awarded to senior level foreign policy reporters

Military Reporters & Editors. 2012

Honorable Mention for Seven months in Iraq, six years back home: A soldier’s war on two fronts Asian-American Journalists Association. 2012

Winner, Unlimited Subject Matter for Seven months in Iraq, six years back home: A soldier’s war on two fronts South Asian Journalists Association. 2012

Winner, Outstanding story on any subject for “Seven Months in Iraq, Six Years Back Home: A Soldier’s War on Two Fronts” Society for Features Journalism. 2012

General Feature, excellence in writing for “Seven Months in Iraq, Six Years Back Home: A Soldier’s War on Two Fronts.” Honorable Mention

National Association of Drug Court Professionals. 2012

National Media Award for “Seven Months in Iraq, Six Years Back Home: A Soldier’s War on Two Fronts”

Peabody. 2011

Gulf Oil Spill coverage, CNN team

Society for Features Journalism. 2011

General Feature, excellence in writing. Second place.

Religion Reporter of the Year. 2009

The Religion Newswriters Association’s recognition for excellence in enterprise reporting and versatility. Won for “Chaplain Turner’s War,” an eight-part narrative series chronicling a military chaplain's service to his country from Baghdad to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. Judges said the series “had credibility and authenticity because the writer, in the best tradition of unblinking reporting, told her readers what she witnessed firsthand.”

Supple Award, Religion Writer of the Year. 2009

The Religion Newswriters Association’s recognition for writing skills. Won for “Chaplain Turner’s War.” Judges said the series was “a vivid, touching entry about the many-faceted role of religion in an ungodly circumstance.”

Joseph Galloway Award for Distinguished Reporting. 2009 The Military Reporters and Editors’ recognition for the best in military reporting. The judges called “Chaplain Turner’s War” “quiet and moving. Her portrayal of the burdens of war, both emotional and physical, unfolds through the story of a 35-year-old chaplain and the soldiers of Bravo Company. … She reports sensitively on the damage war does to soldiers’ marriages and to their faith, even to the faith of a chaplain.”

Clarion Award. 2009

The Association for Women in Communications honored “Chaplain Turner’s War” with a first prize in newspaper feature reporting.

Asian-American Journalists Association. 2009

First prize, print, unlimited subject matter for “Chaplain Turner’s War” South Asian Journalists Association. 2009 “Chaplain Turner’s War” recognized as outstanding story on any subject by a journalist of South Asian origin American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors. 2009 Second place, narrative feature: “Chaplain Turner’s War” Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. 2008 Notable Narrative: “Chaplain Turner’s War” Georgia Associated Press. 2008 First place, feature writing Georgia Press Association. 2007 First place, feature writing Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. 2007 Ochberg Fellow. Received a weeklong fellowship from the Dart Center to attend workshops, seminars and lectures aimed at improving coverage of violent events (including war, domestic abuse and natural disasters) and to build relationships with like-minded colleagues and experts in the field of traumatic stress studies.

Georgia Press Association. 2006

First place, feature writing

Georgia Associated Press. 2006

First place, feature writing

Clarion Award. 2005

The Association for Women in Communications awarded the first prize in newspaper feature reporting for stories reported from Iraq

Journalist of the Year. 2005

Atlanta Press Club

Print Journalist of the Year. 2005

Atlanta Press Club

South Asian Journalists Association. 2004

Second prize in print category for Iraq stories

Associated Press Managing Editors award for international perspective. 2003

Awarded to the staff of the AJC’s Atlanta & the World section

Society of Newspaper Design. 1997

Best front-page design award for 1996 Olympics