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ICFJ announces winners of the 2007 Biodiversity Reporting Award in Belize

Washington DC, December 6, 2007 -- Journalists from Channel 5-Great Belize Productions, Plus Television and The San Pedro Sun claimed prizes in the first contest for reporting on biodiversity in Belize.

Janelle Chanona of Channel 5-Great Belize Productions was awarded the First Prize in the contest, which was open to stories in all Belizean media on sustainable development and the conservation of biodiversity in Belize. The Second Prize went to Shannon Arnold Harrison of Plus Television. Kainie Manuel and her colleague Maria Novelo at the The San Pedro Sun shared the Third Prize. Kendra Griffith, another reporter from Channel 5-Great Belize Productions, got an Honorable Mention in the contest.

Chanona’s winning entry, based on consultations with several scientists, was on the draining of the Five Blues, a reservoir in Belize, due to a geological shift, together with a second story disclosing that the reservoir filled again. Harrison’s stories used a variety of sources and explored proposed initiatives to sell huge quantities of Belizean fresh water to a private company for resale to parched neighbors like Mexico. Manuel’s reporting emphasized the significance of Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve and National Park, a pristine protected area in Belize, while Novelo’s story centered on the serious challenges posed by illegal dumping in the popular tourist town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye.

The winners received their award certificates and cash prizes at the award ceremony at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City on December 6.

"We are pleased to see Belizean journalists taking such strong interest in environmental issues, which are so important to Belize. We congratulate these winners for serving as role models of strong environmental reporting in Belize," said Rob Taylor, Director of Science and Environmental Programs for the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

The contest was administered by the International Center for Journalists, with the generous support from The Oak Foundation, Protected Areas Conservation Trust-Belize, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the Belize Environmental Reporting Network (BERN).

For more information go to: www.biodiversityreporting.org




Environment Program Participant Starts Impact Blog

Jesus Manuel Angulo began writing a blog about global-warming and other environmental issues after attending the Sustainable DeveloWorkshop in March 2007.

Jesus adds, "I should thank Rob Taylor, director of Environment programs at ICFJ; Talli Nauman, founder and co-director of Journalism to Raise Environmental Awareness and to Jim Detjen, director of Michigan State University's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. They were for my source of deep inspiration and interest in environment."

Immigration Participant Awarded NAHJ Journalism Award

Isabel C. Morales
was awarded the Print – Breaking News award in the 2007 NAHJ Journalism Awards for her entry “Immigration Protest”.

Isabel will be recognized on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the 22nd Annual Noche de Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, DC.

Congrats Isabel!


Former Scripps Fellow Awarded Fulbright
Former Scripps Ethics program participant Paúl Mena wins Fulbright Fellowship to study at the University of South Florida, where he plans to do research on journalism ethics and training for journalists.

"As I said in the essay for the (Fulbright) application form, the ethics course I took at ICFJ in 2003 changed the way I was doing my profession," Paúl says.


Immigration Blog
Read about how immigration program participants are putting lessons learned during the April 15-24 to work at their home newsrooms on their blog at: icfj.typepad.com.

 
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