Jolie honors female journalists

October 31, 2007

Jolie said she learned about the plight of female journalists from her new film "A Mighty Heart". She plays the wife of Wall Street Journalist reporter Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded five years ago in Pakistan. Lydia Cacho of Mexico, won one of the awards. She was attacked and beaten for exposing Mexican politicans and businessman involved with child pornography. Fellow award-winner Ban Adil Sarhan lost her family to violence when she reported on the situation in Baghdad. Her hsuband, daughter and mother-in-law were gunned down in 2004.