2006 Reuters-IUCN Environmental Media Award goes to Marina Walker Guevara for “The children of lead”
14 November 2006
The 2006 Reuters-IUCN Media Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting goes to Marina Walker Guevara of Argentina for her story “The children of lead” (Los niños del plomo). At the Global Awards Ceremony held today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Walker Guevara was presented with the USD 5,000 prize.
The Reuters – IUCN
Media Awards is a worldwide competition in environmental journalism to recognise excellence in professional reporting on environmental and sustainable development issues; and foster a dialogue between journalists and experts to encourage informative reporting based on sound scientific data.
The Awards are open to journalists in print and online news services throughout the world. Journalists are invited to submit entries related to environment and sustainable development.
The global winner, selected from six regional winners, receives a cash prize of US$5,000. The six regional winners receive a trophy and a travel grant to attend the global awards ceremony towards the end of 2006.
