2006年VOA标准英语-Internet Reporter Wins Daniel Pearl Award for C

By Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
27 June 2006

 
Daniel Pearl
 
  
Daniel Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and murdered by Islamic militants¹ in Pakistan in 2002.  One week after his death, Pearl's family established a foundation to preserve his legacy².   Each year, the foundation honors courage and integrity in journalism³.  This year's winner of the Daniel Pearl Award, Internet journalist Kevin Sites, works in some of the world's most dangerous places.

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Kevin Sites is the reporter behind the feature called "In the Hot Zone" on the Internet site Yahoo!   He works alone in the field in some of the world's most perilous⁴ disaster scenes and war zones.  Using a digital mini-camera, laptop computer and satellite phone, he posts television spots and print reports, photo series, and a weblog that takes readers behind the scenes of the story.

Screenshot from hotzone.yahoo.com   
  
SITES:  "As far as misery⁵ is concerned, Somalia has had more than its fair share, as their refugee camp can attest⁶ to…"

Sites received the Daniel Pearl Award from the Los Angeles Press Club, which made the selection with the Daniel Pearl Foundation.  Judea Pearl, Daniel's father and the foundation president, says the Internet journalist carries on the tradition of his late son.

"We were very impressed with his website on Yahoo! And the kind of work that he's doing, which reminds us very much of the kind of solitary⁷ commitment to truth that Danny exhibited in his focus on the human face behind the news," he said.

Sites has reported on strife⁸ in Sir Lanka, Kashmir, Burma and other hot spots, always looking at the impact of conflicts on the region's people.  He is traveling now through Asia, and coworkers from his Yahoo!  site accepted the award for him.

Judea Pearl, who has become an activist⁹ on issues of press freedom, says the danger is intensifying¹⁰ for journalists who report from conflict-ridden regions.

"Danny was the first that was abducted¹¹ and targeted not for what he wrote or what he intended to write, but for what he represented in the eyes of these extremists.  And then that started a trend," he added.

Last year, at least 47 journalists died in connection with their work, according to one count.  At least 63 were killed, in another tally¹².  A third assessment¹³, which also includes staff members such as translators, puts the number of slain¹⁴ media workers at nearly 90.  The most dangerous place for reporters today is Iraq.

Judea Pearl says the foundation has started an initiative to make the targeting of journalists an international crime.

"And the idea is that when a journalist is sent to cover [an] area of conflict, he is representing not merely his newspaper, or one network, but he represents the public," he explained.  "And targeting such a journalist amounts to violating the public right to know.  Therefore, it is a crime against the public."

The father of the late Wall Street Journal reporter says the Pearl foundation promotes cross-cultural understanding through three areas in which his son excelled - journalism, music, and sharing ideas through dialogue. Judea Pearl says the non-profit organization is fighting the hatred¹⁵ that took his son's life, a hatred he says is not between Muslims and Westerners.

"It's not between Jews and non-Jews or Muslims and non-Muslims," he noted¹⁶.  "The fault line does not go along geographical¹⁷, nationality or religious lines.  It goes between those who boast in killing¹⁸ innocent persons for the purpose of transmitting a political message, and those that are repelled¹⁹ by such a practice."

To counteract²⁰ the hatred, he says the foundation is building what he calls a "coalition²¹ of decency²²" across geographical and religious lines.

One foundation initiative involves a series of public discussions between Pearl and a Muslim scholar throughout North America.  His partner in the project is Akbar Ahmed, a former Pakistan official and diplomat²³.  They freely probe areas of disagreement, but Pearl says it is always done in a spirit of respect.

Another partnership²⁴ brings journalists from Arab and Muslim countries into US newsrooms, including that of the Wall Street Journal, for a five-month period.  He says the foreign journalists get a first-hand view of how reporting is done here.  Yet another initiative involves a student news service distributed over the Internet.  The service accepts articles from student-reporters and offers the stories for publication in student newspapers in more than 100 countries.

Judea Pearl says the work is all part of his conception of revenge, spreading friendship to overcome those who spread division.

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

3 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

4 perilous   

adj.危险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
• We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。

5 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

6 attest   

vt.证明，证实；表明

参考例句：

• I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place. 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

7 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

8 strife   

n.争吵，冲突，倾轧，竞争

参考例句：

• We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
• Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。

9 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

10 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

11 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

12 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

13 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

14 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

15 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

16 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

17 geographical   

adj.地理的；地区(性)的

参考例句：

• The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
• These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。

18 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

19 repelled   

v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开

参考例句：

• They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

20 counteract   

vt.对…起反作用，对抗，抵消

参考例句：

• The doctor gave him some medicine to counteract the effect of the poison.医生给他些药解毒。
• Our work calls for mutual support.We shouldn't counteract each other's efforts.工作要互相支持，不要互相拆台。

21 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

22 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

23 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

24 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。