The Concentra Award for Outstanding Video Journalism
Nominees 2009

The Concentra Award for Outstanding Video Journalism awards an annual prize to a journalist who, in terms of both substance and production, produced an interesting news item which was broadcast on a news program of a television station.

An additional Breaking News Award is presented to the best piece that is shot, edited and broadcast in one day and has a maximum duration of 5 minutes.

By awarding this prize, Concentra Media aims to promote healthy competition between the various makers of television news items. Concentra also wishes to stimulate journalists to film and edit their own pieces, so they master the entire production process themselves.

The nominees for The Concentra Award 2009 are:

• A man chases his money - Carsten Behrendt, ZDF, Germany
• On The Margins in Mauritania - Travis Fox, Washington Post, USA
• Taking Back The Streets - Bernard Weil, Toronto Star, Canada
• The Agony of surviving - Travis Fox, Washington Post, USA
• The Healing Fields - Alexandra Garcia, Washington Post, USA
• The Lost Tribe Secret Army of the CIA - Tony Birtley, Al Jazeera, Malaysia
• Two criminals on a motorbike - Stef Biemans, VPRO, The Netherlands
• Up the Irrawaddy - Subina Shrestha, Al Jazeera, Nepal
  

On March 4th the jury will announce the winner at DNA2009.

Chairman of the jury is Michael Rosenblum, specialized in video journalism (training). His conclusion after this year’s first two jury rounds: “The subject matter and quality of this year’s entries are a clear indication that video journalism is emerging as an increasingly important and valuable newsgathering tool for the world’s leading news organizations.”

Michael Rosenblum will participate at DNA2009 with a session on how technology is changing the face of journalism and he will be recruiting volunteers among the conference delegates to participate in a digital journalism training on day two of the conference.

> Have a look at this year’s nominations on www.theconcentra.org

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