COPEAM partner of the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Mediterranean Journalist Award

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The Award is the leading region-wide prize for journalists reporting across cultures and on issues related to cultural diversity, with winning journalistic worksselected by an international jury ofrenowed intellectuals and media experts.

For the 2009 edition, the award categories are: (1) Award for Printed Articles; (2) Award for Online Blogs; (3) Award for Radio Productions; (4) Award for Television Productions; (5) Special Recognition for Conflict Reporting.

The ‘Special Recognition for Conflict Reporting’ has been added for the 2009 edition in the aftermath of Gaza and the events which impacted on the Mediterranean region at the beginning of the year, in recognition of the challenge journalists face in reporting on conflicts.

Annual winners of the Mediterranean Journalist Award gain the opportunity toget recognition at an international awarding ceremony, to participate in a high profile regional reporting tour and receive a cash prize for their journalistic works.

Announcement of the winners of the Mediterranean Journalist Award 2009
Rome, 14th September

Headed by André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation and chaired by renowned Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, the Jury of the ALF Mediterranean Journalist Award 2009 convened in Rome on September 14th to select the winners of this edition.

The winners of the Award - which is the leading regional prize for journalists reporting across cultures, supported by the Anna Lindh Foundation, in collaboration with COPEAM - will be officially presented on the occasion of a prestigious Ceremony on the 5th of November in Monaco.

In his opening speech, André Azoulay said: “Media today play a more important role than ever in terms of shaping perceptions across the Mediterranean region, a context in which journalists have an even greater responsibility to report on the complexities of issues related to the region’s cultural diversity.”

Amin Maalouf commented: “What marks the media works competing for this year’s Award is not only the professional quality but also their ‘ethical’ quality, the capacity of the individual journalists to be prepared to tackle the difficult issues and explore in depth the issues which are critical to reduce the gap in mutual perceptions.”

The official winners of the Journalist Award 2009

Alberto Arce (‘Conflict Reporting’) for ‘A series of reports from Gaza’ (El Mundo Spain; Spanish journalist)
Lisa Goldman (‘Conflict Background’) for ‘What Israelis wanted to know about the war in Gaza’ (Columbia Journalist Review, Israeli journalist)
Ethar El-Katatney (‘Press’) for ‘Identity Crisis’ (Egypt Today; Egyptian journalist)
Chine Labbé (‘Radio’) for ‘Exercer et produire le droit dans les territoires palestiniens: un combat continu’ (France-Culture; French journalist)
Martin Traxi (‘TV Background’) for ‘Balkan Express’ (ORF Austrian Radio and TV ; Austrian journalist)
Ennio Remondino (‘TV Documentary’) for ‘I popoli Dell’Arca’ (RAI: Italian journalist)
ELAPH (‘Special mention for new media’) – UK-based online Arab media.

The Jury of the Journalist Award 2009

Amin Maalouf (Chair of the Jury)

Members of the Jury:
David Gardner (Financial Times)
Jean Luis Cebrian (Prisa Group)
Hala Hashish (Egyptian Satellite TV)
Alessandra Paradisi (COPEAM)
Jean Réveillon (EBU)
Lucian Sarb (Euronews)
Rana Sabbagh (Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism)