08/07/2020 - 20:34
- Clarín.com
- Society
Clarín's work was once again recognized in an award that celebrates the best of the continent's journalistic production. The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) awarded an Honorable Mention to Florencia Cunzolo for a Special on syphilis, an old sexually transmitted disease that came back with everything.
His work stood out in a competition in which there were more than a thousand applications from professional media from all the countries of America.
The award-winning Special was published on August 21 on the Clarín website, with infographics and videos, and was among the most read articles of the day. There we reported that in just 5 years the cases of syphilis quadrupled, and that the peak occurs in the 15 to 24-year-old group.
The distinguished Special
In 2017, the IAPA had also distinguished Clarín's work, with mobile coverage of the election of Donald Trump as president and a series of columns by Héctor Gambini on the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman in 2015.
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The complete list of winners can be seen by clicking here.
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) awards the 2020 Journalistic Excellence awards in 14 categories to communication professionals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela , highlighting the quality of the contents that have served to promote the "improvement of our societies".
The president of the IAPA Awards Commission, Leonor Mulero, indicated that "the press of the Americas continues to do its best, leading the denouncement of social ills, reflecting our daily tragedies and highlighting the progress made in improving our lives. societies ".
The awards, which consist of diplomas in addition to $ 2,000, will be presented in a special ceremony during the IAPA General Assembly that will be held virtually from October 19 to 23.
In a separate report, the organization announced today that it awarded journalists and media personnel killed by COVID-19 the 2020 Grand Prize for Press Freedom.