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By Marta Erquicia, Jennifer Williams
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| Two Venezuelan journalists from the newspapers Últimas Noticias and El Nacional who uncovered irregularities in the investigation of the Danilo Anderson case share first place in this year’s Latin American Prize for Best Investigative Journalism Report on Corruption. The annual award, now in its fourth year, recognises the courage of journalists who investigate corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is organised by the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) and Transparency International in Latin America and the Caribbean (TILAC) and sponsored by the Open Society Institute (OSI). |
Tamoa Calzadilla and Laura Weffer will share the US $25,000 first prize for uncovering evidence ignored by the authorities during the investigation into state prosecutor Anderson’s assassination. Reports from La Nación (Costa Rica) and El Imparcial, (Mexico) received second and third place respectively. In addition, the jury also made special mention of the Brazilian press’ continuous anti-corruption research and campaigning in 2005.
The winning stories were selected from more than 100 published in the Latin American press in 2005 and chosen by an international jury of renowned journalists. The awards will be presented to the winners during the 12th International Anti-Corruption Conference in November in Guatemala. For more information please visit:
www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases/2006/2006_06_23_ipys_award_eng