It announces 2016 Journalistic Excellence Awards. The Ecuadorean Association of Newspaper Editors and Publishers (AEDEP) obtains IAPA Press Freedom Grand Prize
MIAMI, Florida (August 25, 2016)—The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today praised the work of news media and journalists of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, United States and Venezuela on announcing the winners of the awards that it makes every year to stimulate excellence in journalism and the defense of freedom of expression throughout the Americas.
This year the IAPA Press Freedom Grand Prize was awarded to the Ecuadorean Association of Newspaper Editors and Publishers (AEDEP) for its ongoing defense of freedom of the press and of expression.
Marcela Noble-Herrera, chair of the IAPA Awards Committee, of Grupo Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, said, "We feel very satisfied at the high participation that we achieved in this edition. The competing works reflect the relevant themes of the best journalism of the Americas: corruption, drug trafficking, violence, pollution." She added, "Along with the denunciations there are also formidable stories of hope and redemption."
The adjudication panel selected the winners in 13 categories, whose awards will be presented within the framework the IAPA's 72nd General Assembly in Mexico City to be held on October 13-17 at the Hilton Reforma Hotel.
For more information on the contest and the adjudication panel's considerations, go to the IAPA Web site.
There follow the categories and names of the contestants that obtained awards and honorable mentions.
1. Pedro Joaquín Chamorro International Relations.
Award: Uma estrada fantasma volta a assombrar a Bolívia. Brio Media, Brazil.
Authors: Fernando Barros de Mello, Matheus Leitão, David Gonzalez, Milagros Salazar, Milagros Aguirre, Raul Penaranda, Paula Muñoz Encinas, Emilia Delfino, Luiz Ferraz.
(Award sponsored by La Prensa, Managua, Nicaragua)
2. Human Rights and Community Service
Award: Special series on O relatório da Comissão da Verdade, El País, Brazil.
Authors: Talita Bedinelli, Heloísa Mendonça, Raquel Seco, Afonso Benites, Marina Rossi, Gil Alessi, María Martín, Carla Jiménez, Antonio Jiménez Barca.
Honorable Mention: "Los niños del Fango" of El Heraldo, Honduras.
Authors: Carlos Mauricio Flores, Nusly Saray Carías Arguijo, María Antonia Ortiz Molina, Dennis Eduardo Domínguez Cárcamo, Marcel Alejandro Osorto Erazo, Rafael Leonardo López, Manuel Enrique Rodríguez Castillo, Johny Amado Magallanes.
(Sponsored by Panamá-América, Panama City, Panama; El Comercio, Lima, Peru; Organización Publicitaria, S.A., San Pedro Sula, Honduras; La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
3. The Newspaper in Education
Award: Educational project of La Prensa Gráfica, El Salvador.
Authors: La Prensa Gráfica team.
Honorable Mention: The Educational Activities Section of the newspaper El Mundo, Colombia.
Authors: El Mundo team.
(Sponsored by Canal 10, Uruguay, and El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador)
4. Opinion
Award: A mais maldita das heranças do PT, El País, Brazil.
Author: Eliane Brum
Honorable Mention: "Charlie Hebdo: the Cristo Vive case", Vanguardia, Mexico.
Author: Luis Carlos Plata Ramos
(Sponsored by El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile)
5. News Coverage
Award: Coverage of the death of public prosecutor Alberto Nisman, La Nación, Argentina.
Authors: Hernán Capiello and Paz Rodríguez Niell.
Honorable Mention: El señor de los túneles, El Universal, Mexico.
Authors: Salvador Frausto Crotte, Karla Casillas Bermúdez, Silber Meza, Zorayda Gallegos, Alejandra Sánchez Inzunza, José Luis Pardo, Eileen Truax, Froylán Enciso.
(Sponsored by El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela, and O Estado de S. Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
6. In-Depth Journalism
Award: Favela Amazônia. Um novo retrato da floresta, O Estado de S. Paulo, Brazil.
Authors: Leonencio Nossa Junior and Dida Sampaio.
Honorable Mention: El narco junto al pupitre, Newsweek en Español, Mexico.
Author: Aníbal Santiago.
(Sponsored by La República, Peru)
7. Features
Award: The incredible story of Gabo, the professor, and a place called Recoveco (Cubbyhole), Revista Emeequis, Mexico.
Author: Silber Alonso Meza.
Honorable Mention: El camino de Delfino, Vanguardia, Mexico.
Author: Francisco Rodríguez Lozano.
(Sponsored by El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador, and McClatchy Newspapers, Sacramento, California)
8. Photography
Award: Inundación, La Nación, Argentina.
Author: Ricardo Pristupluk.
Honorable Mention: Miseria, Jornal O Globo, Brazil.
Author: Marcia Laurene Foletto.
(Sponsored by The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C., and ABC Color, Asunción, Paraguay)
9. Cartoon
Award: Cambio, Talcual.com, Venezuela.
Author: Roberto Weil.
Honorable Mention: Dilma, Revista Veja, Brazil.
Author: Eduardo Baptistão.
(Sponsored by El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia)
10. Infographics
Award: Derrame de Petróleo, El Tiempo, Colombia.
Authors: Irene Larraz, Juan Pablo Noriega Hederich, Carlos Morales, Camilo Ramírez, Bernardo Bejarano, Beiman Pinilla.
Honorable Mention: "Rio, cidade dos túneis", O Globo, Brazil.
Authors: Nathany Santos, Renato Carvalho, Carolina Cavaleiro, Rubens Paiva, Thais Leão, Anderson Campos, Louise Tamiasi.
(Sponsored by Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
11. News Coverage on the Internet
Award: La muerte de Alberto Nisman, Clarín, Argentina.
Authors: Clarín news team.
Honorable Mention: "Cobertura VII Cumbre de las Américas", TVN Noticias, Panama.
Authors: Elizabeth Garrido A., Carlos H. González, Priscilla Pérez, Carola Vargas, Kerem Pérez, Leydis Delgado, Zelideth Cortez, Aaron González, Kris Ríos, Yamileth Ng, Verónica Herrera, Roberto Rodríguez, Jorge Gutiérrez, Daniel Gómez, Tomás Tryhane, Yudelkis Gaitán, Nayib Concepción, Joyce Baloyes.
(Sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, New York)
12. Alejandro Miró Quesada Garland Multimedia Coverage
Award: Las voces del 12F, NTN 24, Colombia.
Authors: Yuranis Cristina Caballero Briceño, Angélica Paola Hernández Alfonso, Idania Chirinos Fernández, Maryorín Méndez, Rafael Hernández, Harold Martínez, Horst Waldmann, Johanna Hincapié, Diana Niño, Johnattan F. Bilancieri, Ana Vanessa Herrero.
1st Honorable Mention. "Desaparecidos, duelo eterno", El Universal, Mexico, and El Tiempo, Colombia.
Authors: Ginna Morelo, Rafael Quintero, Claudia Báez, Alejandro Urueña, Juan Ríos, Cristian Peña, Mariana Escobar, José Darío Puentes (El Tiempo); Lilia Saúl, Daniela Guazo, Luis David Torres, Irving Morales, Emanuel Landa (El Universal).
2nd Honorable Mention: "Crime sem castigo: Tudo sobre o Contrabando no Brazil", Folha de São Paulo, Brazil.
Authors: Luciana Coelho, Julio Wiziack, Claudia Rolli, Reynaldo Turollo Jr., Renata Agostini, Dimmi Amora, Sylvia Colombo, Carlos Dias, Lucas Ferraz, Claudia Collucci, Gabriel Mascarenhas, Renan Marra, Vinicius Pereira, Ana Estela de Sousa Pinto, Renato Andrade, Rogério Ortega, Lalo de Almeida, Avener Prado, Rogério Luiz, Mario Kanno, Lucas Zimmermann, William Mur, Lucas Tófoli.
(Sponsored by El Comercio, Lima, Peru)
13. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. Environmental Journalism
Award: Hispanos al rescate del Colorado, Univisión, United States.
Authors: Clemente Alvarez, Nacho Corbella, José Fernando López, Mariano Zafra, Luis Melgar, Ricardo Weibezahn.
Honorable Mention: "Descanso com as águas", RBSTV, Brazil.
Authors: Fábio Almeida, Guto Teixeira, Eduardo Azevedo, Daniela Selistre, Luysa Espinosa, Rafael Soares, Paulo Leitão, Ronaldo Sabin.
(Sponsored by La Prensa, Panama)
