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