Have you ever heard about the Vladimir Herzog Journalistic Award? It is one of the most important Brazilian journalism prizes which, annually, acknowledges work that enhances democracy and human rights.
Promoted and organized by a committee made up of twelve institutions, this year’s edition accepted productions under six categories: art (illustrations, editorial cartoons, cartoons, caricatures and cartoon strips published either in print or online), photography (photographs or a series of photographs published in print or online), journalistic texts (reports or published text in print or online), audio journalism (audio report or documentary), video journalism (video report or documentary) and multimedia journalism (multimedia reports published on the internet).
See a full list of all the 41st Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for Amnesty and Human Rights winners:
- Art
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The comic book-report “Tira” (“Take it off”), posted in the website “Leia Já”, tells the story of three women who had clandestine abortion in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It was produced by Nathallia Santos Fonseca, Eduardo Nascimento and Roberta Veras.
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- Photography
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The report, by Fabio Teixeira, “Exército detém dez militares ligados a assassinato de músico no Rio” (“Army detains ten military personnel linked to murder of musician in Rio”), from El País, won the prize because of the image above. It shows a relative crying in front of the car where Evaldo, the musician, died.
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- Text
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This year, the award-winning text was “Matança da PM em Milagres e a invenção da resistência” (“MP’s killing in Milagres and the invention of resistance”), by Diario do Nordeste, an investigative series which brought to light details about the police action in the city of Milagres (Ceará) that resulted in 14 dead, including hostages, in December 2018.
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- Audio
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The discussion about the criminalization of LGBTphobia between people who have already suffered this prejudice earned the audio “LGBTfobia: Medo de quê?” (“LGBTphobia: Fear of what?”) the Vladimir Herzog Journalistic Award. Published on Rádio CBN, the conversation had the participation of Gabriela Viana dos Santos Dayube, Lucas Soares, Claudio Antonio, Caroline Tamassia e Luiz Nascimento.
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- Video
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Shown on TV Globo, the report “70 anos da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos – conquistas e fracassos” (“70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – achievements and failures”) was the one to be awarded in the category “video”. Renata Ribeiro, Rodrigo Alvarez, Ilze Scamparini e Carlos Gil were among those responsible for this production.
- Multimedia
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“Sem Direitos – O Rosto da Exclusão Social no Brasil” (“No Rights – The Face of Social Exclusion in Brazil”) is the name of a series of reports about the Brazilian people who live without any guarantee of basic rights which won the prize in 2019. It was the result of a partnership between three independent and native digital journalism initiatives: Projeto #Colabora, Amazônia Real and Ponte Jornalismo.
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