UNCA Excellence in Journalism Award

The UNCA Excellence in Journalism Awards are presented in several categories by the United Nations Correspondents Association . The tradition that began in 1995 has expanded continuously in the following years.

Formations

• The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize was awarded in memory of the journalist Elizabeth Neuffer from the daily newspaper Boston Globe , who perished in 2003 as a war correspondent in the Iraq war. The award recognizes outstanding reports on the work of the United Nations (UN) that have appeared in the print media . It is endowed with $ 10,000. The Boston Globe publisher is a co- sponsor .

• The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize was awarded in honor of the Spanish reporter Ricardo Ortega , who was killed in the course of reporting on the bloody unrest in Haiti in 2004. The $ 10,000 prize, sponsored by the Spanish television company Antena 3 , honors excellent UN reports in the audiovisual media.

• The United Nations Foundation Prize is awarded for outstanding reports on humanitarian and development projects. The award, presented by the United Nations Foundation, is endowed with $ 10,000.

• The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Prize was founded in 2000 to honor excellent political cartoonists. The criterion for the choice is that the cartoons “promote, illustrate and exaggerate the spirit and principles of the United Nations”. These thirteen awards, named after UNCA member Ranan Lurie , have a combined endowment of $ 18,000.

• The Sergio Vieira de Mello World Citizen Prize was founded in 2003. This was in honor of the Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello , the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who died in the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad .

Disputes

The awards have made negative headlines in the past. The selection of nominations for the Citizen of the World World Citizenship Prize in 2005 sparked controversy over possible political favoritism.

Web links

• 2004 Award Itinerary, hosted by Kofi Annan

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