Announcing the Fourteenth Annual UNCA Award Winners!
The UNCA is proud to announce the 2009 UNCA Awards Winners! On Friday, December 4th, 2009 Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will formally recognize the following winners at the UNCA
Awards Dinner at UN Delegates Dining Room in NYC.
Winners for 2009
The Prince Albert Foundation/UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change:
Nathanial Gronewold (Gold) - E & E Publishing
John Heilprin (Silver) - Associated Press
Ilya Gridneff (Bronze Recipient) - Australian AP, Papau New Guinea/Natasha Loder, The Economist
The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Alexander Bodini Foundation, for written media (including online media) coverage of the UN and its agencies and their work:
Louis Charbonneau (Joint Gold Recipient) - Reuters
Steve Stecklow/Andrew Higgins (Joint Gold Recipient) - Wall Street Journal
James Reinl (Joint Silver Recipient) - The National, UAE
Betsy Pisik (Joint Silver Recipient) - Washington Times
The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast journalism coverage of the UN, and its agencies, sponsored by the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations:
Barbara Angopa (Gold) - National TV, Uganda
Andrew Geoghan and MaryAnn Jolly (Silver) - "Foreign Correspondent," Australian Broadcasting Corporation, mic
Samuel Agyemang (Joint Bronze Recipient) - Metro TV, Ghana
Duilio Giammaria (Joint Bronze Recipient) - RAI Italy
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:
Gloria Chang (Gold) - Guatevision (Guatemala)
Yvonne Ndege (Joint Silver Recipient) - Al Jazeera English
Silvia Bessa (Joint Silver Recipient) - Diario de Pernambuco Brazil
Judges
Ian Williams - Chair of Awards Committee
Jim Wurst - Panel Convener
Ambassador Diego Arria
Jeffrey Laurenti - The Century Foundation
Georges LeClere - Global Media Advisor
Samir Sanbar - Former DPI Chief
Robert Skinner - UN Foundation
Isabelle Peters - Prince Albert Foundation
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