Sydney Schanberg
Sydney Hillel Schanberg was an American journalist who was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two George Polk awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, and the Sigma Delta Chi prize for distinguished journalism. Schanberg was portrayed by Sam Waterston in the 1984 film The Killing Fields based on the experiences of Schanberg and the Cambodian journalist Dith Pran in Cambodia.
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- Clinton
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityClinton High School
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- 🏆 George Polk Award🏆 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting🏆 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award🏆 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award
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1934
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