This year, there were 528 pieces of work which were assessed under the seven categories: Art, Photography, Text, Video, Audio, Multi-media and Book Reporting.
The Finalists:
ART
“ Três mulheres da Craco” (Three women from Craco)
“ A sombra da maldade” (The shadow of evil)
“Pós-Estupro” (After Rape)
PHOTOGRAPHY
“A dor da fome” (The pain of hunger)
“A narrativa desumanizante em torno dos assassinatos policiais no Rio de Janeiro” (The dehumanising narrative surrounding police killings in Rio de Janeiro)
“Execução no fórum de justiça” (Execution at the Court)
AUDIO JOURNALISM
“O que os olhos não veem” (What the eye doesn´t see)
“Tempo Quente” (Hot Weather)
“Não sou mais o Pedro” (I´m not Pedro anymore)
MULTI-MEDIA JOURNALISM
“Mortes invisíveis” (Invisible deaths)
“Rondônia devastada” (Rondônia destroyed)
“A rota do tráfico humano na fronteira da Amazônia” (Human trafficking route on the Amazon border)
TEXT JOURNALISM
“Cercados e vigiados – PF legaliza seguranças que aterrorizam moradores de antiga usina de açúcar em Pernambuco” (Surrounded and Monitored – PF legalises security to terrorize people living in former sugarcane mill in Pernambuco)
“Educação árida: mudanças climáticas dificultam acesso à escola” (Arid education: climate change hinders access to schooling)
“Mineração arada: quilombolas barram avanço de empresa inglesa na Chapada Diamantina” (Mining: quilombolas stop the advance of a British corporation in the Chapada Diamantina)
VIDEO JOURNALISM
“Crianças yanomami sofrem com desnutrição e falta de atendimento médico” (Yanomami children suffering from malnutrition and lack of medical care)
“Não merecia ser humilhado”; PM arrasta suspeito em moto e recria cena da Escravidão em São Paulo” (“I did not deserve to be humiliated”; Military Police officer drags suspect on a motorbike and recreates scene of slavery in São Paulo)
“Identidade, o direito à vida transvesti” (Identity, the right to a transvestite life)
BOOK REPORTING
“Banzeiro òkòtó: Uma viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo” (Banzeiro òkòtó: A journey to the Amazon, the centre of the world)
“Dano colateral: A intervenção dos militares na segurança pública” (Colateral damage: military intervention in public security)
“Meninos malabares: retratos do trabalho infantil no Brasil” (Child jugglers: portrayals of child labour in Brazil)
The award ceremony for the 44th Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for Amnesty and Human Rights will take place on Tuesday 25 October, from 8pm to 9.30pm, in Tucarena, in São Paulo. The now customary Discussion Circle with the winners will be before the ceremony and will be broadcast live by TV PUC and CanaI Universitário of São Paulo.
The Vladimir Herzog Award is held and organised by a committee composed of the following organisations: The Brazilian Press Association (ABI); The National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ); São Paulo State Union of Professional Journalists (SJSP); Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI); Brazilian Society of Inter-Disciplinary Studies on Communications (Intercom); The University of São Paulo School of Communications and Arts (ECA/USP); Police Ombudsman of the State of São Paulo; Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of São Paulo; Conectas Human Rights; Federal Board of the Brazilian Bar Association (National OAB); Brazilian Bar Association –São Paulo (OAB-SP), Periferia em Movimento (Periphery in Movement) and The Vladimir Herzog Institute (IVH).
An alliance formed by the São Paulo Municipal Chamber (CMSP), Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo (PUCSP), TV PUC , Canal Universitário of São Paulo (CNU), The Brazilian Writers Union (UBE) and OBORÉ worked together to put on the 44th Award.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
44th Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for Amnesty and Human Rights | 2022
Awards Ceremony: 25 October, from 8pm to 9.30pm, in Tucarena, with live broadcast by TV PUC.
For further information see: www.premiovladimirherzog.org