Story in the Public SquareEp. 317 | Originally Aired: May 12, 2018
Journalism in the United States is under severe strain. Yet, despite shifts in the marketplace and sustained attack on specific news outlets by the current President, outstanding reporters, Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan, continue to shape our understanding of the world around us.
Mary Jordan is National Political Correspondent for The Washington Post. Jordan spent 14 years abroad as a foreign correspondent and Washington Post co-bureau chief with her husband, Kevin Sullivan, in Tokyo, Mexico City and London. She has written from more than 40 countries. She and Kevin won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their investigation of the Mexican justice system. They, with four Post photographers, were finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for stories about difficulties facing women around the world. They also won the George Polk Award in 1998 for coverage of the Asian financial crisis.
Kevin Sullivan is associate editor and senior correspondent covering national and international affairs for The Washington Post. Sullivan was a Post foreign correspondent for 14 years, then served as chief foreign correspondent, deputy foreign editor, and Sunday and features editor. He has reported from more than 75 countries on six continents.
