addition to continuing to cover Iran. Recognition and awards 2000: For EgyptAir Flight 990 crash The New England News Executive Award-First place for General News category Livingston Award for young journalists—Finalist 2006: For Iraq coverage Henry Pringle Lecture Award—Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism for reporting with the most impact in shaping policy in Washington. Fassihi is the youngest person honored with the award. 2011: For "Censorship Inc." (Team award) Malcolm Forbes Award—The Overseas Press Club's Best International Business Reporting Investigate Award—from Society of American Business Editors and Writers 2010: For "Hearts, Minds and Blood: the battle for Iran" Robert F. Kennedy Award for best international reporting in print Overseas Press Club's Hal Boyle Award—for Best newspaper or news service reporting from abroad Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism from University of Oregon Taylor Family Award for Fairness and Accuracy in print Journalism from Harvard University Sigma Delta Chi Award for Best International Reporting from The Society of Professional Journalists National Journalism Award for Best Reporting in Print from the Asian American Journalists Association 2015: Career Award for coverage of Middle East The Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence 2015: Nieman fellow at Harvard University 2018: recipient of an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for distinguished contribution to American society Other roles Fassihi's essays on the subject of journalism, conflict reporting and courage have been published by Harvard University's Nieman Reports magazine and Columbia Journalism Review. She has been a guest speaker at numerous panels and journalism classes and a commentator for television and radio news shows on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, WNYC, PBS, Charlie Rose and National Public Radio in the United States. Fassihi has served as a judge for the annual Overseas Press Club's awarda, and as of September 2021 was serving on the OPC board. She was a member of the Dag Hammarskjöld Fund For Journalists board for four years, and of the United Nations Correspondents Association from 2017 to 2019. She is also a member of the New York Chapter of the Iranian American Women Foundation, a non-partisan, non-political network of professional Iranian women. Fassihi is active in the organization's mentorship program and mentors a young female Iranian journalist each year. She was selected by Microsoft Teams in 2019 as a leader to be featured in a documentary called Art of the Team, which featured a group of a dozen leaders from different fields, including