[8] While living in Kenya, Stockman began writing for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, the Voice of America and Reuters.

[9] Stockman is reported to have been seeking to interview Mubarik Shah Gillani, an individual who was in hiding, who was also being sought by Daniel Pearl at the time of his death.

Stockman's award was "for identifying U.S. corporations that were covertly using international relationships and offshore operations to avoid taxes, side-step U.S. laws and deny workers' rights."

Stockman was writing a study of race relations, especially in Boston, riven by the 1974 court order to bus students to address de facto segregation in the schools.

[citation needed] In 2016, Stockman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, in recognition of a series of articles examining the effects of busing on Boston schools.