His work in Africa earned him the 1978 George Polk Award, and he received both the Polk Award and the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for his coverage of Poland under martial law.
His work in Africa earned him the 1978 George Polk Award. In 1979, he covered Eastern Europe for the Times, based in Warsaw, Poland, and he received both the Polk Award and the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for his coverage of Poland under martial law.