Awards

 

  • Pulitzer Prize Winner– International Reporting (Political coup in Indonesia and government-endorsed killing of over 200,000)

 

  • Overseas Press Club Award - best newspaper reporting from abroad (narcotics trafficking)

 

  • Yankee Quill Award, Sigma Delta Chi

 

  • Honorary Doctor of Laws, Colby College

 

  • Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Southern Utah University

 

  • Nieman Fellowship – Harvard University
   
Hughes' Past Assignments and Posts
 

Assistant Secy State
U.S. State Department Spokesman

Assistant Secretary-General
Director of Communications, United Nations

Syndicated Columnist
Former Editor
Christian Science Monitor