The Society of Professional Journalists awarded the Voice of America on July 9 with a National Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism. This honor recognizes outstanding work published or broadcast in 2023.
In the category of “All Platforms: Obituaries," VOA correspondent Kane Farabaugh won for his profile on former First Lady Rosalynn Carter titled “The First Lady I Knew.” For this story, Farabaugh depicted his relationship with the former First Lady, earning praise by the Sigma Delta Chi judges for its "unusually insightful, powerful and tender series and a fitting farewell to the first lady of American mental health."
For the Sigma Delta Chi Awards, the Society of Professional Journalists selected entries in categories that cover print, radio, television and online journalism.
