Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2013) Winner
Sheri Fink
シェリ・リー・フィンク
Sheri Lee Fink
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Detroit, Michigan
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Author
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (Senior Fellow), New America Foundation (Future Tense Fellow), ProPublica (former staff reporter), The New York Times (staff reporter)
- Memberships
- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (Senior Fellow), New America (Future Tense Fellow)
- Nominations
- Michael Kelly Award (2010) — Finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | College of Literature, Science, and the Arts | Psychology | BS | — | United States |
| Stanford University | Graduate School (Neuroscience) | Neuroscience | Ph.D. | — | United States |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | School of Medicine | Medicine | MD | — | United States |
University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
/ Psychology
Degree:
BS
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Stanford University
Graduate School (Neuroscience)
/ Neuroscience
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United States
Earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience
Stanford University School of Medicine
School of Medicine
/ Medicine
Degree:
MD
Year of Graduation:
1999
Country:
United States
Earned an M.D.; reportedly did not attend the graduation ceremony due to participating in humanitarian aid
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting | The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article) | — | The Pulitzer Prizes | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting | Coverage of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa (as part of a NYT team) | — | The Pulitzer Prizes | 受賞（チーム） |
| 2013 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) | Five Days at Memorial | ノンフィクション | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Current Interest) | Five Days at Memorial | — | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Ridenhour Book Prize | Five Days at Memorial | — | The Ridenhour Prizes | 受賞 |
| 2015 | PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award | Five Days at Memorial | — | PEN | 受賞 |
| 2010 | National Magazine Award for Reporting | The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article) | — | National Magazine Awards | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma | The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article) | — | Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Association of Health Care Journalists Awards (Large Magazine, 2nd place) | The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article) | Large Magazine | Association of Health Care Journalists | 2位 |
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
2010
Work:
The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article)
Organization:
The Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
2015
Work:
Coverage of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa (as part of a NYT team)
Organization:
The Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
受賞（チーム）
National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)
2013
Work:
Five Days at Memorial
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Current Interest)
2013
Work:
Five Days at Memorial
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
Ridenhour Book Prize
2014
Work:
Five Days at Memorial
Organization:
The Ridenhour Prizes
Result:
受賞
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award
2015
Work:
Five Days at Memorial
Organization:
PEN
Result:
受賞
National Magazine Award for Reporting
2010
Work:
The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article)
Organization:
National Magazine Awards
Result:
受賞
Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma
2010
Work:
The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article)
Organization:
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Result:
受賞
Association of Health Care Journalists Awards (Large Magazine, 2nd place)
2010
Work:
The Deadly Choices at Memorial (article)
Category:
Large Magazine
Organization:
Association of Health Care Journalists
Result:
2位
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
2013 Non-fiction (Investigative journalism)An investigative account of the urgent life-and-death decisions made by medical staff at Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, examining ethical, legal, and systemic issues.
Medical ethicsDisaster responseTriage and life-and-death decisionsInstitutional responsibility
War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival
2003 Non-fiction (Medicine, war reporting)A reportage on medical and surgical practice in war zones, describing the realities of field medicine and survival in conflict settings.
War medicineHumanitarian aidBoundaries between life and death
Bibliography
- War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival (2003)
- Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Thorough investigative reportingDetailed, on-the-ground descriptionA style emphasizing factual and ethical examination
- Recurring Motifs
- Medical ethics and dilemmasHuman decisions in disasters and conflictsInstitutional vs. individual responsibility
Legacy
Highly regarded for in-depth investigative reporting on health and medicine; her work on Hurricane Katrina and the Ebola epidemic helped bring attention to medical ethics and crisis response.
Quotes
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"For a story that chronicles the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital’s exhausted doctors when they were cut off by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina."
Source: Pulitzer Prize citation (2010) (2010)
Trivia
- Did not attend her medical school graduation, choosing to assist refugees on the Kosovo–Macedonia border.
- Maintains a Twitter account (@sherifink).
- Official website: www.sherifink.net