Youthmedia.eu announces the winners of Freedom of the Press contest

Freedom of the Press 2011

“Everyone has the right to freedom of expression."

To take part in the contest, upload your media and press "Add to contest" on your medias page.

“Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers…”

Calling all young journalists – now is your chance to make your mark in the

second Council of Europe Youth Media Award.

This year’s theme is media freedom and the competition kicks off today, 1 March,

with a deadline of 1st of August. Four categories are open to contestants between

the ages of 18 and 30: photography, video, radio and print journalism. Winners

will be invited to Strasbourg to receive their cash prize of €1000 at a ceremony

during the October 2011 session of the Parliamentary Assembly.

This year’s theme is inspired by one of the most important articles of the

European Convention of Human Rights – article 10 (*). Without a free media and

plurality of opinion, democratic societies can no longer exist. Yet

contemporary media are under threat from violence against journalists, attempts

at government control, concentration of ownership of media outlets, dwindling

standards in press freedom and the surge of the internet as a source of instant

news.

The Award is organized by the European Youth Press in collaboration with the

Council of Europe.

Youthmedia.eu announces the winners of Freedom of the Press contest

Posted at 16. September, 06:24 Uhr by oanadinca with 2 comments

Youthmedia.eu in collaboration with the Council of Europe is glad to announce this edition's winners.

Winners for each category as follows:

Written press

“Etre journaliste au Monténégro : punching-ball, missionnaire et poil-à-gratter” by Emmanuel Haddad from Barcelona, Spain.

Photo journalism

“Eviction of Protsiuk family” by Ramin Mazur from Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Radio

“Media freedom in Belarus” by Jerneja Zavec from Cirkulane, Slovenia.

Video journalism

“Burma - lives of journalists under dictatorship” by Eszter Cseke and Andras Takacs from Budapest, Hungary

The award was open to all young journalists under the age of 30 from 47 member states of the Council of Europe. Entries were judged according to three criteria: Understanding of the topic, originality and technical quality of the entry.

Winners will receive €1000 and an invitation to attend and cover the October 2011 session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The prizes will be presented by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, President of the Assembly on 5 October .

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Comments(2)

oanadinca (said over 1 year ago)

Dear Andreea,

The condition was for the owner of the entry to still have copyright over the media, and not to be an unpublished article. Also, we decided to accept all entries that count up to 1400 words (ehich means including your own entry) , since we received a large number of quality media.
Let us know if you have any more questions.

Andreea_Vasile (said over 1 year ago)

congrats to the winners! BUT, wasn't supposed that the written text to have 1200 words only and never to have been published before? the winning written text seems to have more than 1200 words and seems to have been published before competition entry.

looking forward for an answer, please!

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Freedom of the Press 2011

“Everyone has the right to freedom of expression."

Youthmedia.eu announces the winners of Freedom of the Press contest

Youthmedia.eu in collaboration with the Council of Europe is glad to announce this edition's winners.

Winners for each category as follows:

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