Vladimir Herzog Award names finalists for 43rd edition; see the results
The winners will be announced on Saturday, October 16, starting at 2 pm, in a virtual public session
The organizing committee of the 43rd Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for Amnesty and Human Rights on Thursday, October 14, released the list of finalists for the 2021 edition of the award.
On Saturday, October 16, the committee will meet in a public session to choose the winners. The public session, from 2 pm to 5 pm, will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the Award.
For this edition, 700 entries were received in the award’s seven categories. The entries were assessed by a commission formed by 36 journalists and artists, and also five writers who serve on the board of UBE (Brazilian Union of Writers), who were responsible for evaluating the Non-Fiction Book category.
See the finalists below:
ART
Zé DAssilva | “Biker Rally” – Diário Catarinense
Norberto Liberator; Marina Duarte Maidana; Aline Correia Antonini | “Is LGBTphobia connected to the colonization process?” – Revista Badaró
Aroeira | “Amazon Guernica” – Portal 247
PHOTOGRAPHY
Brenno Farias | “Cry from Suburbia” – O Globo
Mauro Pimentel | “Jacarezinho” – Agence France-Presse
Tarso Sarraf; Renato Tavares; Cleo Soares; Daniel Nardin | “Amazon paradox: 66% of the worst municipalities in Brazil are in the Amazon” – O Liberal
AUDIO JOURNALISM
Camila Salmazio; Lua Gatinoni; Sarah Fernandes | “Child refugees discuss the right to migrate on Radinho BdF podcast” – Brasil de Fato
João Peres; Marina Yamaoka; Victor Matioli; Victor Oliveira; Denise Matsumoto; Amanda Flora | “Prisoners’ meals” – O Joio e o Trigo
Juliana Deodoro; Stefano Frasson Maccarini; Ricardo Ampudia Talachia; Magê Flores; Fábio Takahashi | “Three generations of one family tell the story of public schooling” – Folha de S. Paulo
Kellen Moraes; Branca Vianna; Flora Thomson-DeVeaux; Paula Scarpin; Guilherme Alpendre; Aurélio de Aragão; Rafael Spínola; Laís Lifschitz; Claudia Nogarotto; João Jabace; Pedro Leal David; Antonio Venancio | “The crime of Praia dos Ossos” – Rádio Novelo
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
Alice de Souza; Fernanda Santana Lima; Thiago Emmanuel dos Santos Souza; Luane Ferraz de Souza; Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Libório; Gabriella Leal Borges; Camila Queiroz Bezerra; Bruno Vinicius Luiz da Silva; Quihoma Isaac | “Addictions: Faith, money and votes in the treatment of drug abuse in the Northeast” – Agência Retruco
Gustavo Faleiros; Bram Ebus; James Alberti; Tom Laffay; Ewald Scharfenberg; Marcos David Valverde; Kate Wheeling; Sonia Bridi; G. I. Sutherland; Wilfred Leeuwin; Sam Cowie; Fabiano Villela; Mônica Reolom; Cristine Kist; Fillipi Nahar; Patricia Marcano; Laura Clisanchez; Marcelo Marques | “Mercury, a scourge in the forest” – InfoAmazonia + Fantástico + Armando.info
Paula Leite; Fernando Sciarra; Mariana Goulart; Luciana Coelho; Marcelo Leite; Lalo de Almeida; Sylvia Colombo; Fabiano Maisonnave; Ana Estela de Sousa Pinto; Fernanda Mena; Patrícia Campos Mello; Fábio Zanini; Thiago Amâncio; Eduardo Anizelli; Gustavo Queirolo; Simon Ducroquet; Irapuan Campos; Rubens Fernando Alencar; Danilo Verpa; Rogério Pilker | “Altered State” – Folha de S. Paulo
VIDEO JOURNALISM
Carlos Juliano Barros; Caue Angeli; Ana Magalhães | “Why are we waiting? Land reform in the Bolsonaro government” – Repórter Brasil/UOL
Giuliana Girardi; Bruno Della Latta; Juvenal Vieira; Marconi Matos; Sullen Gonçalves | “Menstrual poverty” – Rede Globo / Fantástico
Vanessa Lorenzini; Laíze Câmara; Claudia Machado; Daiane Alioto; Laura Cantal; Marici Capitelli; Plinio Delphino; Marici Arruda; Sidney Turaça; Nilo Moraes; Tadeu Vicentin; Adriano Tavares; Jorio Silva; Ricardo Ramiro; Valdecy Messias; José Antonio Lippo; Jefferson Alves; Henrique Bacana; Marilia Assef; Leão Serva | “They Kill Women” – TV Cultura SP
WRITTEN JOURNALISM
Idiana Tomazelli; Adriana Campos Gomes Fernandes; Gabriela Greb Tozzo | “Brazilian homes and the pandemic” – O Estado de S. Paulo
Mauri König | “The children of Itaipu” – The Intercept Brazil
Sabrina Felipe | “Coffee with gunpowder” – The Intercept Brazil
NON-FICTION BOOK
According to the regulation for this edition of the award, “in the Non-Fiction Book category, the entries will be assessed in a single stage following the issuance of an opinion that justifies the nomination of the winner”. The announcement will be made on Saturday, October 16, at a Public Judging Session (2 pm to 5 pm on the award’s YouTube channel).
The Award
The Vladimir Herzog Journalism is staged and organized by a commission formed by the following institutions: the Brazilian Press Association – ABI; the National Federation of Journalists – FENAJ; the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of São Paulo; the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism – ABRAJI; the Brazilian Association of Interdisciplinary Studies on Communication – Intercom; the School of Communication and Art of the University of São Paulo – ECA/USP; the São Paulo State Police Ombudsman’s Office; the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of São Paulo; Conectas Human Rights; the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association; the São Paulo Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association; the Periferia em Movimento communication group; and the Vladimir Herzog Institute.
Keep track the award calendar:
Announcement of the finalists: October 14, Thursday, on premiovladimirherzog.org
Award jury and announcement of the winners: October 16, Saturday, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, in a public judging session broadcast live on the internet.
Round Table Conversation with the Winners: October 24, Sunday, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, in a virtual environment.
Award ceremony: October 25, Monday, from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm, in a virtual environment.
