BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/06/2008

2008 Knight International Journalism Award Winners announced

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced that Belarus editor and free-press champion Aliaksei Karol and Ugandan human rights reporter Frank Nyakairu are the winners of the 2008 Knight International Journalism Award.

They will be honored along with Founders Award recipient John F. Burns of The New York Times at the annual ICFJ Awards Dinner at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC, on November 12.

Karol, editor-in-chief of the weekly publication Novy Chas, is one of the few remaining independent voices in Belarus. Over the past 15 years, he has provided fellow citizens with independent news despite physical attacks and intense government pressure.

Uganda's Nyakairu stands out for his in-depth coverage of human rights abuses in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Sudan. A multimedia reporter who spent more than seven years at The Monitor and works for Reuters, he has produced hard-hitting stories on everything from abuses in Uganda's detention centers to war crimes by rebel leaders in his country.

The awards are given by ICFJ's Knight International Journalism Fellowships program, which aims to create lasting, tangible improvements in the way journalism is practiced around the world.

For more, go to http://www.icfj.org/PressBox/PressReleases/PR060308/tabid/771/Default.aspx.

Source:

http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=10167

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