Matthieu Aikins

Matthieu Aikins
Aikins in 2018
EducationQueen's University at Kingston
New York University (2012)
OccupationJournalist
AwardsPulitzer Prize for International Reporting (2022), National Magazine Award for Reporting (2022), George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting (2014)
Websitemaikins.com

Matthieu Aikins is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for his reporting on the war in Afghanistan. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, as well as a Puffin Foundation Fellow at the Type Media Center. He has also been a fellow at New America,[1] the Council on Foreign Relations,[2] and the American Academy in Berlin.[3]

He is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize,[4] the George Polk Award,[5] and the National Magazine Award,[6] and his writing has appeared in the anthology The Best American Magazine Writing 2012.[7]

  1. ^ "Matthieu Aikins: Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fellow, 2017 & SNHU Fellow, 2018". New America. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ "CFR Welcomes Visiting Fellows". Council on Foreign Relations. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^ "About". Matthieu Aikins. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International Reporting". 2022 Pulitzer Prizes. Pulitzer Prizes. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ^ Leopold, Wendy (5 June 2014). "Matthieu Aikins is 2014 Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism Winner". Northwestern Now. Northwestern University. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ^ "National Magazine Award Reporting 2022". National Magazine Awards 2022. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  7. ^ Martin, Adam (3 April 2012). "National Magazine Award Nominees Include 'New York,' 'The New Yorker,' 'Vice'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 12 December 2021.