Category: Documentary News Reporting
First Place
Magnus Wennman and Erik Wiman / Aftonbladet
“Calling Silva”
Second Place
Ilvy Njiokiktjien / Freelance
“Born Free: Mandela’s Generation of Hope”
Third Place
Leonora LaPeter Anton and John Pendygraft / Tampa Bay Times
“Our whole family is scarred”
Award of Excellence
Evan Hill, Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Dmitriy Khavin, Drew Jordan and Whitney Hurst / The New York Times
“Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof.”
Award of Excellence
Neil Collier, Yousur Al-Hlou and Jacob LaMendola / The New York Times
“65 Migrants Were Picked Up at Sea. Then the Politics Began.”
Award of Excellence
Barbara Marcolini, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Yuling Chow / The New York Times
“‘I Was Begging for Mercy’: How Undercover Officers in Hong Kong Launched a Bloody Crackdown”
Award of Excellence
Natasha Blatsiou and Nikos Pilos / iMEdD
“The Refuge”
Award of Excellence
Paul Mozur, Jonah M. Kessel and Melissa Chan / The New York Times
“Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State”
Award of Excellence
Almudena Toral / Univision
“Extreme violence is driving many Salvadoran girls to kill themselves”
Award of Excellence
Brent McDonald, Paula Moura, Ben Laffin and Emily Rhyne / The New York Times
“The Amazon Is Still Burning. Blame Beef.”
Second Place
“Born Free: Mandela’s Generation of Hope”
In 1994 South Africa held its first inclusive elections. These brought an end to decades of white minority rule. A new constitution gave all South Africans equal rights. As the nation's first black president, Nelson Mandela focused on reconciliation and hope for the future. It would be up to the young generation to make his dream of a rainbow nation come true.
Over ten years ago photojournalist and videographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien started working on a project about South Africa's youth, specifically on the 'born free generation'. These are the children born in the years right after apartheid was abolished and Nelson Mandela became president.
They are now young adults. They are Mandela’s human legacy: the first generation in which every South African has the same opportunities and racial segregation, on paper, is a thing of the past. They were to be the face of a new, free, and successful South Africa.
