The New Humanitarian selected for the 2023 Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) has selected The New Humanitarian as the 2023 HHI Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award recipient. Its CEO, Heba Aly, will receive the award on behalf of the organization during an online award ceremony on Thursday, May 11, 2023. The ceremony is organized in collaboration with The Studio at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. For the first time, HHI nominated an institution instead of an individual to acknowledge The New Humanitarian’s remarkable contribution as a leading trusted news source for policy-makers and practitioners in humanitarian response. By challenging dominant narratives and exposing inconsistencies, corruption and system failures, The New Humanitarian’s journalism has led to concrete changes and kept neglected crises in the media spotlight and on the policy agenda. A multimedia journalist by training, Heba spent a decade reporting from conflict zones in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. She joined The New Humanitarian, then IRIN News, in 2011 and played a key role in planning and executing its spin-off from the United Nations to become an independent media organization. Heba is a regular commentator on humanitarian policy in her published work, in governmental briefings, and at conferences around the world. “We are delighted to award this year’s HHI Weintz Humanitarian Award to The New Humanitarian and its CEO Heba Aly for their tireless pursuit of independent, courageous, and responsible coverage of humanitarian crises, news, and policy around the world,” said Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH, HHI Director. HHI Weintz Award nominees are selected based on their extraordinary contribution towards alleviating human suffering. They are recognized leaders serving as humanitarian role models who have demonstrated unique accomplishments to improve the lives of communities in humanitarian crisis. Nominees hold an established record of achievement and impact in the humanitarian field, and have exhibited efforts to promote human rights, tackle historical injustices, and promote local and national organizations. Candidates for the award were nominated by peers and collaborators and reviewed by the HHI Awards Committee who determined the finalist and the final recipient. Past recipients include: Peter Maurer (2016), Nancy Lindborg (2017), Nadia Murad (2018), and Bryan Stevenson (2019).