On 11 October, the Organising Commission made up of 13 organisations, among them Conectas, selected the winners of the 40th Vladimir Herzog Award for Amnesty and Human Rights. The selection and announcement took place in public session, in the Tiradentes Hall at the Sao Paulo Municipal Chambers.
This year’s edition saw the second highest number of registrations in the history of the Award, with 402 pieces of work, second only to the previous edition, with 442 registrations.
The categories of the Award were Art, Photography, Audio, Multimedia, Text and Video. The winners and those given honourable mention will receive the award at a ceremony on 25 October in Tucarena, after a conversation circle with the authors. The event is free of charge.
CATEGORY: ART
Winner
Brum
Tribuna do Norte Newspaper
Natal/RN
Honourable Mention
Gilmar
Rádio Peão Brasil
Santo André/SP
CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHY
Winner
Albari Rosa
Gazeta do Povo Newspaper
Curitiba/PR
Honourable Mention
Mauro Pimentel
Agence France-Presse
Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Honourable Mention
Paulo Pinto
Public Photos /Exame Magazine
São Paulo/SP
CATEGORY: AUDIO
Winner
Marcelo Henrique Andrade and team
CBN Radio
João Pessoa/PB
“Série de Reportagens Trans: o difícil caminho para a educação.”
Team: Jonathan Dias Lima and Maria Eduarda Madu
Honourable Mention
Queila Ariadne and team
Super Notícia FM Radio
Belo Horizonte/MG
Team: Ana Paula Pedrosa
Honourable Mention
Danyele Soares and team
National Radio – EBC
Brasília/DF
Team: Joana Darc Pereira Lima and Messias Costa Melo
CATEGORY: MULTIMEDIA
Winner
Ciara Carvalho and team
NE10
Recife/PE
Team: Julliana de Melo
Honourable Mention
Stefano Wrobleski and team
InfoAmazonia and Correo del Caroní
São Paulo/SP
Team: Bram Ebus, Gustavo Faleiros, Oscar Murillo, Miguel Peixe
CATEGORY: TEXT
Winner
Nathan Fernandes and team
Galileu Magazine
São Paulo/SP
Team: Gabriel Estrela, Cristine Kist, Giuliana de Toledo, Tomás Arthuzzi and Feu
Honourable Mention
Amanda Rossi
BBC Brasil
São Paulo/SP
CATEGORY: VIDEO
Winner
Mariana Fabre and team
TV Brasil
Guará/DF
Team: Marcelo Castilho, Pollyane Marques, Samantha Oliveira, Tatiane Costa, Sigmar Gonçalves, André Rodrigo Pacheco, Francislene de Pa
Honourable Mention
Daniel Motta and team
Record TV
São Paulo/SP
Team: Fabiana Lopes, Tiago Américo, Weslley Sale, Leopoldo Moraes, Mayolly Senna, Gustavo Costa , Rafael Gomide, Pablo Toledo.
Participants in the public session at which the award winning material was selected: Cristina Zahar (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism), Antonio Funari Filho (Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of São Paulo), Leonardo de Medeiros (Conectas), Ricardo Alexino (School of Communication and Art at the University of São Paulo), Márcia Quintanilha (National Federation of Journalists), Nemércio Nogueira (Vladimir Herzog Award), Marili Ribeiro (São Paulo Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association), Luciano Jurcovichi (São Paulo State Police Ombudsman’s Office), Aline Rodrigues (Periferia em Movimento), Paulo Zocchi (São Paulo State, Professional Journalists’ Union) and Manuel Carlos Chaparro ((Brazilian Association of Interdisciplinary Studies on Communication), as well as the curator Ana Luisa Zaniboni Gomes.
All the journalists – winners and those receiving honourable mention – will be awarded at the ceremony on 25 October, starting at 8pm, in Tucarena. Beforehand, on the same day in Tucarena, starting at 1.30pm, the authors of the pieces will participate in a Conversation Circle. The aim of this is to discuss ‘behind the scenes’ of making the reports and is aimed at Journalism students and scholars. Entrance for both events is open to the public and is free of charge.
INFORMATION
Conversation Circle with the winners of the 40 Vladimir Herzog Award
Date: 25 October | Thursday
Time: 1.30pm
Venue: Tucarena (Rue Monte Alegre, 1024 – Perdizes – São Paulo/SP)
Open to the public
40th Vladimir Herzog Awards Ceremony
Date: 25 October | Thursday
Time: 8pm
Venue: Tucarena (Rua Monte Alegre, 1024 – Perdizes – São Paulo/SP)
Open to the public