European Commission launches 2011 Lorenzo Natali Prize
The prize is awarded for excellence in written, radio and TV journalism on the theme of development, democracy and human rights across the world
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The European Commission has launched the 2011 Lorenzo Natali Prize , which is awarded for excellence in written, radio and TV journalism on the theme of development, democracy and human rights across the world.
The prize, launched today to coincide with World Press Freedom Day , is open to print, online and broadcast journalists based in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Arab World, Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Asia and the Pacific.
According to a release from the organisers, first prize for winners in the print and online category is €5,000 (£4,500) with €2,500 for second place and €1,500 for third.
The winners in the television and radio categories will receive €5,000 each. An additional €5,000 is awarded to the winner of the grand prize.
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European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, in a release.
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Nicaraguan journalist Yader Francisco Luna Garcia
for his article "Palabra de Mujer" or "Woman's Word", pubished by La Brujala Semanal.
BBC World Service journalist Mark Doyle received the special radio prize for his work Guinea on the Brink , about an attack by government troops on pro-democracy demonstrators in the country in 2009.
Established in 1992 by the Commission, the prize is named after former EC commissioner Lorenzo Natali, who died two years before in 1990.
Submissions need to have been published or broadcast during the period from 1 July 2010 to 31 August 2011. The deadline is 31 August 2011 and the winners will be announced at a ceremony in December 2011.
