Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer staff (middle) receives David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards, an annual award presented by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. (Photo: VOA)Washington, D.C
Monday, 24 May 2010
VOA Khmer reporter Sok Pov Khemara has earned the David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award, an annual award presented by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency that oversees all US government-supported international broadcasting.
Blanquita Walsh Cullum, a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, said Sok Pov Khemara had earned the award for thought-provoking reporting on the Khmer Rouge tribunal and senior leaders who are not in custody.
“He created a series of reports profiling former Khmer Rouge leaders, who could face arrest if the tribunal widens prosecution of the regime,” Cullum said. “He travelled to the jungles of northern Cambodia, where many Khmer Rouge leaders have sought refuge, and he got an exclusive interview with five of them. He confronted the Khmer Rouge officials with questions about their role in the genocide.”
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