Freelance foreign correspondent Iona Craig has been presented with the 2015 XCity Award for her reporting of the Yemen crisis, beating 27 other nominees. The award, and £500 prize, honours a City alumnus who has made outstanding contribution to journalism over the last year.
XCity Award 2015 shortlist revealed: Iona Craig
One of the only foreign correspondents in Yemen and the winner of last year’s Martha Gellhorn Prize has been shortlisted for the 2015 XCity Award. Iona Craig (Undergraduate, 2010) has been a freelance journalist in Yemen for nearly five years, giving a voice to the ordinary citizens of a country