Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has been awarded the Martha Gellhorn journalism prize awarded to a journalist “whose work has penetrated the established version of events and told an unpalatable truth that exposes establishment propaganda, or ‘official drivel.'”
In their citation, the judges wrote, “WikiLeaks has given the public more scoops than most journalists can imagine: a truth-telling that has empowered people all over the world. As publisher and editor, Julian Assange represents that which journalists once prided themselves in – he’s brave, determined, independent: a true agent of people not of power.” -db
From The Guardian, June 2, 2011, by Jason Deans.