Jenny Nordberg is a New York-based, Swedish journalist best known for her book '' The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan ('') published by

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(New York, NY) in 2014.

Life

She has B.A. from

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

in Law and Journalism and an M.A. from

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in Journalism in 2003. She is a foreign correspondent for Swedish newspaper

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. She is also a writer and producer of documentary films on topics such as nuclear proliferation in Pakistan, refugees in Iraq, and how the global financial crisis has affected Europe.

Awards

* Winner of the 2015

J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize is an annual award in the amount of $10,000 given to a book that exemplifies, "literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern.” The prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and by the Columbia ...

(for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') *

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2014 Authors' Favorite Book (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * Buzzfeed's Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * An FP Interrupted Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * An IPI Global Observatory Recommended Book for 2015 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Book of the Year, 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * Finalist for the

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, Nonfiction (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, 2010, for television documentary of Afghan women *

Investigative Reporters and Editors award Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving the quality of journalism, in particular investigative journalism. Formed in 1975, it presents the IRE Awards and holds conferences and training ...

* Foreningen Gravande Journalister award

References

External links

The Underground Girls of Kabul websiteTwitter accountPersonal webpage
Swedish journalists Living people Stockholm University alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Sweden-journalist-stub