The Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award

Published: Oct. 8, 2014, 4:38 p.m.

b'Today we are re-airing our February 2013 interivew with our friend Matt Power, who died earlier this year\\xa0while on assignment in Uganda, to help raise money for\\xa0Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award.\\n\\nWe have also reprinted Matt\'s classic 2005 article, "The Lost Buddhas of Bamiyan," which is available online for the first time.\\n\\nFounded\\xa0by Matt\'s\\xa0friends and family, the annual\\xa0award will support promising writers early in their careers with a stipend of $12,500 to bring forward an unreported story of importance in some overlooked corner of the world.\\n\\nPlease donate today.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'