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“Latin
America and the Millennium
Development Goals” Journalism Award
First Edition |
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Decision of the Jury
The outcome of the award is considered
exceptional by the jury, due to the great number of
stories submitted, the quality of the information
included, and the critical look, accuracy, and forceful
arguments of the articles. From a great number of
high-quality stories, it was a challenge to decide
on the winners.
The jury would like to congratulate
all of the candidates for their interest in this way
of doing journalism, which raises awareness and can
have real consequences in the legislative, political
and even judicial spheres.
After reading all 466 submitted articles,
it is difficult not to think that Latin America's
problems have only grown, and that they cannot be
approached with the same mindset as 20 years ago.
The stories deal not only with new problems, but also
with the way in which different societies approach
issues that they are reluctant to acknowledge, often
because they appear insurmountable.
First Prize
Title: Niños
Jornaleros
Author: Marcela Turati
and team
Media: Excelsior, Mexico
A sensitive and moving but not sensational
story that takes a close look at the life and death
of hundreds of Mexican children forced to work as
farm labourers in precarious and sometimes fatal conditions.
This well-written series is divided into three parts:
Niños Jornaleros, los riesgos; Niños
Jornaleros, educación; and Niños
Jornaleros, la ruta del Ejote. Based on information
from different local and international sources, it
describes the face of poverty through the eyes of
children, making good use of the tools of investigative
journalism. The decision to award first prize to this
series underlines that, despite the media's heavy
resistance to focus on issues that fall outside the
scope of immediate political questions and scandals,
these problems are news as well, and their coverage
is important in terms of mobilising society to tackle
them.
Read
the awarded story >>
Second Prize
Title: Faces
da Maternidade
Author: Bruna Cabral
de Vasconcelos and team
Media: Jornal do Commercio,
Brazil
Describing the experiences of a number
of women, these articles provide a rich, and at the
same time harsh look at motherhood in Brazil. They
deal with the big issues of health, rights, and gender,
highlighting the enormous social gaps and their effects
on women. As an issue related not only to poverty
but also to human rights, the stories focus on the
drama of maternal mortality, that has not been reduced
in the region over the last 10 years, and is one of
the big challenges to achieving the Millennium Development
Goals. They also strike a balance between the presentation
and analysis of hard-hitting data from numerous unofficial
sources and the personal accounts of women from different
social, economic, and cultural levels in various cities
in Brazil.
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the awarded story >>
Third Prize (shared)
Title:
Miseria Criminal
Author: Zósimo
Camacho and team
Media: Revista Contralínea.
Periodismo de investigación, Mexico
A revealing portrait of the difficult
life of peasants in Guerrero, Mexico. A harsh,
though not exaggerated, look at a reality that
can be seen throughout rural Latin America.
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the awarded story >> |
Title:
Mata Atlántica,
a floresta esquecida
Author: Paulo Aurélio
Martinelli and team
Media: Correio Popular
(Brazil)
A well-written series of articles
on a little-known environmental issue, which
also highlights the tough conditions faced by
many people in Latin America.
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the awarded story >> |
Fourth Prize
From the large number of articles focusing
on social conditions in Latin America, this story
stands out for the quality of its journalism, its
comprehensive treatment of statistical information,
and the conception of the characters.
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the awarded story >>
Fifth Prize (shared)
Title:
Extrema violencia
en escuelas del DF
Author: Humberto
Padgett León
Media: Revista Emeequis
(Mexico)
A stark story of violence and
marginalisation among young people in schools
in Latin America's biggest city.
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the awarded story >> |
Title:
“Tolupanes,
paraíso de los abandonados”
Author: César
Antonio Rivera Irías
Media: Diario El
Heraldo, Honduras
Living with this
neglected Honduran indigenous community for
a week, the author eloquently brought to light
the conditions of extreme poverty that they
face, focusing on different angles: education,
health, culture and land.
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the awarded story >> |
