Announcing the Thirteenth Annual UNCA Award Winners!
The UNCA is proud to announce the 2008 UNCA Awards Winners! On Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will formally recognize the following winners at the UNCA
Awards Dinner at UN Delegates Dining Room in NYC.
This years UNCA Awards include the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize
for written media (including on line media); the United Nations
Foundation prize for any entry in any medium that best covers the
humanitarian and development aspects of the U.N. and its agencies; and the Ricardo Ortega
Memorial Prize for broadcast (electronic) journalism.
Winners for 2008
Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Award for Best Overall Print Journalism, including on line media:
John Heilprin (Joint Gold Recipient) - Associated Press, USA - "for his coverage of Myanmar, and adroit use of his trip with the UN Secretary General to get in"
Bill Varner (Joint Gold Recipient) - Bloomberg Ne ws, USA - "for his serious analysis, investigation and coverage of issues in Afghanistan"
Ronda Hauben (Silver) - OhMyNews International, South Korea - "for her interesting and
provocative coverage of issues at the UN, notably about the
consequences of the permanent five's stranglehold on the Security
Council"
UN Foundation Prize for Reporting on Humanitarian and Development Affairs:
Imelda Abano (Joint Gold Recipient) - Business Mirror, Philippines - "for her well written, well researched and comprehensive report and
by someone from a country where misery is fairly ubiquitous but nowhere
near as desperate"
Juan Carlos Machorro (Joint Gold Recipient) - Mi Ambiente, Mexico - "for a very well written, courageous report on Mexico's environmental problems"
Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for Broadcast Journalism:
Jugoslav Cosic (Joint Gold Recipient) - B92 Radio, Serbia - "A special award for courage in broadcasting in a region where accurate
coverage of UN issues can be dangerous for a reporter's health"
Marie Lora (Joint Gold Recipient) - Agence France Press TV, Kenya - "for her coverage of Darfur's ongoing crisis"
Shoichiro Beppu (Silver) - NHK, Japan - "for a comprehensive and insightful report on the world food shortage"
Judges
Rob Skinner - UN Foundation
Jeffrey Laurenti - Century Foundation
Francis Gomez - ex-Foreign Service Officer and a founder of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Karl Meyer - World Policy Institute
Jose Luis Ortega
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