Kiana Hayeri honored with the 2020 James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting

We are thrilled to announce the selection committee for the 2020 James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting has granted the award to visual storyteller and documentary photographer Kiana Hayeri.

Since 2015, the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation and the Online News Association have worked together to honor independent digital journalists who produce exceptional reporting under the most challenging conditions.Kiana Hayeri is the sixth recipient of the James Foley Award. The selection committee was impressed by her dedication to reporting on people and communities in Afghanistan, covering many stories others haven’t attempted and with a holistic and diligent approach to storytelling that reflects the highest journalistic standards.

Kiana is a Senior TED fellow and a regular contributor to The New York Times. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Harper’s Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Le Monde and more. She is currently based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Watch the announcement video to hear from Diane Foley, mother of the late journalist James Foley and Founder & President of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, members of the selection committee, as well as from Kiana herself about this outstanding achievement.

We look forward to continue celebrating the 2020 Online Journalism Awards as we announce the recipient of the 2020 ONA Community Award, Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. ET, and winners across 19 categories at virtual awards events throughout the 2020 Online News Association Conference (ONA20), Oct. 1–16.

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