prestigious Journalist-author of Harvest of Women Rooted Press Release: Journalist Receives Prestigious honor Bulletin
broadcast July 14, 2008
prestigious Journalist-author of Harvest of Women LOS ANGELES - In recognition of his journalistic work about the series of killings of women in Juarez, journalist Diana Washington Valdez was awarded the prize Samuel L. For Chavkin Integrity in Journalism in Latin America 2008.
Chavkin Prize The prestigious award is granted every 18 months in favor of leading researchers and prominent journalists in Latin America or the Caribbean, for showing the injustice and oppression, or to document the struggle for social justice and democracy in region.
This medal, in which includes an honorarium of $ 2,500, is awarded to journalists whose information day reflects the commitment to social justice in the region.
According to the opinion of the awards committee in New York City, was very courageous and determined the work of Ms. Washington Valdez in their news reports, his book in English and English, "Harvest of Women: Safari in the Mexican Desert "and their trials, their forums on the Internet (blogs), their participation in documentary journalism and his tireless efforts to inform our society about the events that killed hundreds of girls and women in Mexico.
"I am very grateful and honored to receive this award, named in memory of Samuel L. Chavkin, a magnificent journalist who dared to confront the corrupt leaders of his time, "said Ms. Washington Valdez. "I will do my best to honor his memory."
Ms. Washington Valdez is an award-winning journalist formerly with several awards and currently provides services for the El Paso Times in El Paso, Texas. The documentary "Border Echoes of a" production directed by Lorena Mendez-Quiroga, is based on the investigation of the reporter. The
and NACLA Commission members and members of the editorial committee and the Board selected the winner of a cluster of prestigious candidates for the award.
Other winners of the dam have been Chavkin Award Ángel Páez, La República in Peru; Ignacio Gomez, investigative journalist and editor of El Espectador, in Bogota, Colombia; Stella Calloni, correspondent for the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, South America and Jane Regan and Daniel for their work in Haiti, and Cristian Alarcón for their report on page 12, of Argentina, and his literary work "When I die, I want to touch me Cumbia." Samuel L.
Chavkin was a reporter, writer, editor and publishing entrepreneur, whose favorite was the journalism profession, his favorite place, Latin America, and its main goal, to promote social justice. In his journalistic work
as an investigative reporter in Latin America during the thirties and forties for a range of publications such as the Overseas News Agency and the UN radio news division, Chavkin became a respected correspondent until U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy drove him to retirement premature to confiscate his passport. Also wrote "Storm over Chile" (Storm over Chile), a dramatic and comprehensive report on the military coup in that nation state and its aftermath, as well as articles in various publications. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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