Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2008) award
Mika Tsutsumi
つつみ みか
Tsutsumi Mika
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Tokyo, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Author
- Active Years
- 1994-
- Influenced By
- Koichi Baba, Emi Tsutsumi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wako Gakuen (educational corporation) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| State University of New York (SUNY) | International relations | Department of International Relations | — | — | United States |
| City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School | International relations (graduate) | Graduate Program in International Relations (MA) | — | — | United States |
Wako Gakuen (educational corporation)
Country:
Japan
Attended elementary through high school
State University of New York (SUNY)
International relations
/ Department of International Relations
Country:
United States
Undergraduate studies in international relations
City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School
International relations (graduate)
/ Graduate Program in International Relations (MA)
Country:
United States
Completed master's program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kuroda Kiyoshi Newcomer Award | What the Media Doesn't Tell You: The American Weak Revolution | — | Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ) | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Japan Essayist Club Award | Reportage: The Poverty Superpower America | — | Japan Essayist Club | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Shinsho (New Book) Award | Reportage: The Poverty Superpower America | — | Chuokoron-Shinsha (organizer) | 受賞 |
Kuroda Kiyoshi Newcomer Award
2006
Work:
What the Media Doesn't Tell You: The American Weak Revolution
Organization:
Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ)
Result:
受賞
Japan Essayist Club Award
2008
Work:
Reportage: The Poverty Superpower America
Organization:
Japan Essayist Club
Result:
受賞
Shinsho (New Book) Award
2009
Work:
Reportage: The Poverty Superpower America
Organization:
Chuokoron-Shinsha (organizer)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
What the Media Doesn't Tell You: The American Weak Revolution
2006 Non-fictionAn investigative reportage on the structures of poverty and exclusion in post-9/11 America based on field reporting.
povertyprivatizationmilitarization
Reportage: The Poverty Superpower America
2008 Non-fictionA reportage analyzing the realities of poverty in American society through healthcare, education, and prison business.
povertyhealthcareeducationprison industry
Adaptations
- [Comic] Comic: The Poverty Superpower America (2010)
Translations
- Korean translation available
Digital Fascism: Japan's Assets and Sovereignty Disappear
2021 Non-fictionAn analysis of risks posed by digitalization and the relationship between corporations and capital.
digital transformationsovereigntycorporate control
Bibliography
- Flying Chicken: My Positive Study-Abroad Declaration
- The Hope Given by Ground Zero
- What the Media Doesn't Tell You: The American Weak Revolution
- Reportage: The Poverty Superpower America
- Freedom Disappears from America
- Japan Is Being Sold
- Digital Fascism: Japan's Assets and Sovereignty Disappear
- Reportage: Food Is Breaking Down
Adaptations
- Comic: The Poverty Superpower America (manga adaptation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Investigative nonfiction based on field reporting and public documentsReadable reportage-style nonfiction
- Recurring Motifs
- poverty and inequalityprivatization and corporate influenceU.S. policy and its impacts
Legacy
Recognized as an author-journalist who raises issues through field-based investigative nonfiction, sounding alarm on poverty, privatization, and digitalization.
Academic Societies
- Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ)
- Japan Essayist Club
Quotes
-
On September 11, 2001, I experienced the attacks and decided to become a journalist to see America with my own eyes.
Source: asahi.com My Town Osaka (interview) (2008)
Trivia
- Her father is broadcast journalist Koichi Baba.
- Witnessed the 9/11 attacks from a nearby office in New York in 2001, which prompted her to pursue journalism.
- Married Diet member Ryūhei Kawada in 2008.