ABOUT THE AWARD

The Wall Street Journal, in collaboration with France's Ecole de Journalisme de Sciences Po in Paris, each year presents the Daniel Pearl award to students whose submissions best embody Danny's tradition of journalistic excellence. Danny was the Journal's South Asia bureau chief who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan in 2002 and had earlier been based in Paris. In his reports from around the world, Danny pursued truth and strove to connect people from different cultures by creating dialogue and understanding for others.

The third annual Daniel Pearl Award was presented in June 2007 to Caroline Gillet from Belgium, with second prize going to Fannie Olivier of Canada and third prize to France's Madeleine Leroyer. Here are their winning articles.

• First Prize: Chinese Immigration in Paris: Realities of an Underworld
• Second Prize: The Failures of French Immigration in Quebec
• Third Prize: Chechen Refugees: From Friendship to Freedom

Statement from Daniel Pearl's Parents
On the Third Annual Daniel Pearl
PO Prize Award in Journalism

Paris, June 1, 2007

On behalf of the Pearl family and the Daniel Pearl Foundation, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to Dow Jones and to the Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques for establishing this annual prize in honor of our son, Daniel Pearl

Our special thanks to the talented and hard working three winners and all participants, for the thought and effort that went into submitting their entries to this prestigious prize. We are also deeply grateful to Bernard Volker, Science Po's Journalism school deputy director  and Danny's colleagues at the Wall street Journal who took the time and worked tirelessly in making this Award possible - - thank you  Anne-Michele Morice, Kevin Delaney and Andrew Higgins.

Daniel Pearl reported the human side of his stories with honesty, integrity and uncompromising respect for our common humanity; we feel gratified that these same values are reflected in each of this year’s submissions.

It has been heart-warming for us to see so many future journalists follow in Danny's footsteps in seeking truth and serving as society’s moral compass. We are proud of each and every one of you - - you are our hope for a better world!

Judea and Ruth Pearl
Los Angeles, California