Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin Honored at Foreign Press Awards
Fox News’ chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin was awarded the 2024 Prize of Professional Excellence at the annual Foreign Press Awards ceremony hosted by The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents. Griffin received the award for her reporting on Abdul Wasi Safi, an Afghan soldier who served alongside the US military in Afghanistan and was detained at the southern border after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Griffin’s coverage of Safi’s five-month detainment led to congressional leaders advocating for his freedom, and he was eventually granted asylum. In her acceptance speech, Griffin emphasized the importance of supporting local journalism and warned that AI cannot replace human reporters who risk their lives to tell the stories of those in need.
Griffin thanked her colleagues at Fox News, including FOX News Media President Jay Wallace, Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton, and Fox News’ director of DC story development NuNu Japaridze, who were in attendance to support her. She also dedicated the award to “all the foreign correspondents who are on the front lines telling these important stories.”
Griffin has been a correspondent for Fox News Channel since 1999 and has covered some of the biggest stories overseas, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Benghazi terrorist attack, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
