This week, IAPA will also announce the winner of the “The main prize for freedom of the press“, and also award winning V categories “Manager of the Year”, “Great Friend of the Press”, “Sustainability” and “Digital Transformation”. These recognitions highlight superiority And innovations in journalism in America and Spain.

2024 Journalism Excellence Awards Winners with Honorary Citations

Cartoon and Illustration Award: “The Drug for the Zombie Plague” by Ezequiel Omar Garcia, Rolling Stone, Argentina. Recognized for its originality and aesthetics in addressing the drug problem, inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting “The Triumph of Death”.

Honorable Mention: “Freedom of the Press”, Raul Fernando Zuleta, El Espectador, Colombia.

Current Affairs Coverage Award: “Paper Estradas”, Metropoles Editorial, Brazil. For investigating the misuse of public funds in Brazil, revealing cases of corruption from the Bolsonaro government to Lula da Silva.

Honorable Mention: “#Narcofiles: The head of the prosecutor’s office (Mancera-Barbosa)”, Cuestion Pública Editorial, Colombia.

Claudio Paolillo Prize for Immigration Journalism: “Nothing is impossible. The odyssey of a Venezuelan migrant in the United States”, Agence France Presse. He is known for his humane approach to the migration crisis in Venezuela.

Honorable Mentions: “Universe in Motion”, Ojo Público, Peru; “Darién, Hell of Migration”, Duvan Alvarez De las Salas, El Tiempo, Colombia.

Alejandro Miro Quesada Garland Interview Award: “Andean Tragedy”, La Nación, Argentina. For offering new perspectives on the 1972 plane crash.

Honorable Mention: “The representative exploited me at work”, Ismael Monzon Tome, El Español, Spain.

Chronicle Award: “Children of Darien”, by José E. Guarnizo Alvarez, Voragine, Colombia. For its stark account of the tragedy of the migrants who crossed the Darien.

Honorable Mentions: “Extreme Extremes of Delusion: The Invisible Crack Epidemic in Honduras” by Juan José Martínez d’Abuisson, Dromomanos, Mexico; “Surviving the Nadir” by Luisa Paulina Salomón Ochoa, Prodavinci, Venezuela.

Photography and Video Award: “China: Seafood Superpower”, The Outlaw Ocean Project, USA. For a mini-documentary denouncing human rights abuses in the Chinese fishing industry.

Honorable Mentions: “Who is throwing away the boxes?”, La Nación, Argentina; “Yaku Raymi: A Quechua ritual to save a glacier”, Mullu TV and Mongabay Latam, Peru.

Solutions Journalism Award: “Reforestation with a Drone” by Jesus Peña, Semanario Vanguardia, Mexico. For his talk on the use of technology to protect the environment.

Honorable Mention: “To Stop the Forest from Burning”, Lily R. Myers et al., Sonda Internacional, Spain.

Opinion Prize: “A year ago I was stripped of my Nicaraguan citizenship”, Wilfredo Ernesto Miranda Aburto, El País, Spain. For his testimony on the loss of citizenship and its consequences.

Honorable Mention: “Protests in Peru: Patterns of Massacres”, Rodrigo Salazar Zimmermann, Ojo Público, Peru.

Journalism Award Data and infographics: “Panorama of the Favelas of São Paulo”, Agência Mural, Brazil. For contextualizing the reality of the favelas of São Paulo through visual data.

Honorable Mentions: “Argentina in 10 Key Facts”, Ignacio Ferreiro, Chequeado, Argentina; “Leaving and Never Coming Back”, El Tiempo Editorial, Colombia.

In-depth Journalism Award: “What are NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order?”, OCCRP. For its in-depth investigations into drug trafficking and money laundering.

Honorable Mention: “Heritage in Ruins”, Carmen Garcia Bermejo et al., El Quinto Elemento, Mexico.

Roberto Eisenman Jr. Award for Environmental Journalism.: “Coverage of Murders and Threats against Environmental Activists”, Paul Tuesta et al., Convoca, Peru. For denouncing the impunity of attacks on environmentalists.

Honorable Mention: “Gold Rush Devastates Madidi” by Karen Heal, La Brava Digital Magazine, Bolivia.

University Journalism Award: “Let Us Die”, Barbara da Cunha Niedermeyer, Humanitarian, Brazil. For her study of death and the rights of terminally ill patients.

Honorable Mentions: “Los Isles: Life Among the Garbage of Mexico City”, Eduardo Cordero Molina, Corriente Alterna, Mexico; “Guaguazo or Ineffective Birth Control Pills”, Macarena Cerda, El penquista Ilustrado, Chile.