Western Kentucky University’s School of Media will present the 2022 Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting on Monday (Nov. 14) to journalists covering the war in Ukraine.

Four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Carol Guzy and Editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko and the staff of the Kyiv Independent in Ukraine have been selected as this year’s recipients of the prestigious award. The awards ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. at the Gary Ransdell Hall Auditorium.

Guzy’s career as a photographer spans more than 40 years, from a staff member at the Miami Herald, to The Washington Post and currently as a contract photographer for Zuma Press. Her current work is documenting the war in Ukraine.

Rudenko and her staff of 32 journalists at the Kyiv Independent have not shied away from telling the stories of their war-torn Ukraine.

Guzy will accept the award by Zoom from Ukraine where she continues to report for Zuma Press. It is not yet determined if Rudenko will be able to join the Zoom presentation.