Jill Carroll awarded another honor

October 26
Jill Carroll awarded another honor
According to The Christian Science Monitor [ http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1025/p15s01-wogn.html ] :

Posted October 25, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.
Jill Carroll and three other women were honored Tuesday in New York [ http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1025/p15s01-wogn.html ] by the International Women's Media Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to strengthening the role of female journalists around the world. Carroll and Chinese freelancer Gao Yu [ http://www.iwmf.org/courage/ ] - who was jailed twice by the Chinese government as a result of her reporting - were honored for "for putting their profession and the search for truth before their own safety." Lebanese TV host May Chidiac, [ http://www.iwmf.org/features/9519 ] who went back to work 10 months after losing her left hand and leg when her car was detonated by explosives, was honored for "her courage, integrity, and sacrifice." Elena Poniatowska Amor of Mexico received a Lifetime Achievement Award for "her pioneering spirit in paving the way for future generations of female reporters."
Photos of each woman on one or all of the page and the URLs highlighted above. Also in the article in The Monitor is a teeny bit of detail about what Jill is doing now.