HONG KONG: Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his compelling and rigorous coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar, AFP announced on Tuesday.
The award recognises exceptional journalism in difficult or dangerous conditions, and is named after one of AFP’s finest correspondents who died in 2007 at the age of 64.
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