For Immediate Release
March 14, 2011
New York Community Media Alliance hosts the
9th Ippies Journalism Awards
Emcee Bob Hennelly makes the Ippies winners announcements as NYC Comptroller John C. Liu and New York Public Radio President Laura Walkers listen. – Photo by Mohsin Zaheer
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New York, NY— New York Community Media Alliance held the 2011 Ippies Journalism Awards dinner aboard The Princess Yacht at Pier 81 on the Hudson River. The Ippies brought together NYMCA members, their families, friends and NYCMA supporters to honor and recognize the outstanding ethnic and community journalists serving New York's diverse communities. The event was made possible with member support and allies including SEIU 32BJ and CRI, CUNY TV, CUNY, AARP, Con Edison, foundations and advocacy groups.
NYC Comptroller John C. Liu was the keynote speaker while Laura R. Walker, president and chief executive officer of New York Public Radio, was the guest speaker at the sold-out event.
Among the guests were independent journalist and executive producer of the award-winning Democracy Now Amy Goodman, President of CUNY TV Bob Isaacson and Grit TV's Laura Flanders. Renowned radio journalist Bob Hennelly of WNYC radio served as the emcee. In all, 34 awards were given in twelve different editorial, graphic and multimedia categories.
Ippies 2011 saw record turnout despite inclement weather. – Photo by Mohsin Zaheer
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NYCMA Executive Director Juana Ponce de León welcomed the guests and highlighted the critical role ethnic media plays in the lives of immigrants, minorities and communities of color. Juana said five years ago, the ethnic media and community media was like the elephant in the room because "no one really thought about making connections; since then there has been a huge change."
"NYCMA has always been working at eroding the language and cultural barriers that immigrant communities face; and now we are faced with the challenge of a digital divide. We must make sure that there is integration in the media sectors to promote many voices," she added.
In his remarks Comptroller Liu recognized the importance of New York's ever-growing ethnic and community media. "The work of the Alliance promotes coalition building within this media sector, and draws mainstream and progressive media attention to the community perspectives," he said.
Liu acknowledged World Journal, Sing Tao, Our Time Press, The Daily Challenge, Korean Daily, La Voz Hispana, Carib News, Urdu Times, Sada-e-Pakistan, Irish Echo and Nowy Dziennik (Polish Newspaper) for excellence in reporting on issues and topics affecting New York City's communities.
The evening's guest speaker, Laura Walker, praised the roots of ethnic media. "It's great to see such a strong turnout in support of New York community-based journalism and I am honored to be apart of this year's journalism awards," she said.
"The New York Community Media Alliance plays such an extraordinary and important role in our media landscape. It exists solely to unite, organize and honor community journalism that speaks directly to and for the diverse population that defines New York," Walker said.
Walker said that in a city where world cultures is local culture, all those in attendance at the awards dinner played an integral role in ensuring that critical information was delivered to every doorstep and that the voices of each and every community were heard.
Chinese daily Sing Tao won the highest number of awards this year, bagging four honors, followed by World Journal (Chinese daily), The Forward, Zaman USA (Turkish weekly) and the Indypendent, each winning three awards. City Limits, Nueva Luz and Colorlines one two each while Little India, El Diario La Prensa (Spanish daily), The Indian Express, Blackandbrownnews.com, Irish Echo, Sada-e-Pakistan, Our Time Press, CUNY TV, Feet In 2 Worlds, La Voz, The Riverdale Press and Nowy Dziennik (Polish daily news) won one each.
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EDITORIAL CATEGORIES
Total # of awards: 34
Categories: 12
Editorial Category 1:
Best Investigative/in-depth story
First place:
NYC's Fake Grass Gamble: A $300M Mistake?
By Patrick Arden
CITY LIMITS
Second place
How immigration reform got caught in the deportation dragnet
By Seth Freed Wessler
COLORLINES
Third place
Opulent Loss
By Achal Mehra
LITTLE INDIA
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Editorial Category 2:
Best feature
First place
The Forgotten Wounds
By Rong Xiaoqing
SING TAO
Second place
A new life, but with diabetes
By Pedro F. Frisneda
EL DIARIO LA PRENSA
Third place
An American dream gone awry, Chinese prisoner explains his point of no-return
By Echo Song
WORLD JOURNAL
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Editorial Category 3:
Best editorial /commentary
First place
Indians, thou art not in my heart
By Sujeet Rajan
THE INDIAN EXPRESS
Second place
An Ode to Black Women and a fair, firm message to all others
By Sharon D. Toomer
BLACKANDBROWNNEWS.COM
Third place
There is no 'big difference' with 19th century
By Peter McDermott
IRISH ECHO
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Editorial Category 4:
Best article on labor issues
First place
Asian Community shows less enthusiasm about Dream Act
By Jacky Wong and Bonnie Li
SING TAO
Second place
Internet venture leader who abandoned the high-paying financial industry
By Shuang Liu
WORLD JOURNAL
Third place
The Leading Jew in Labor Wears Pearls
By Josh Nathan-Kazis
THE FORWARD
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Editorial Category 5:
Best article on immigration, racial or social issues
First place
When Life Facing Winter--Suicidal Asians Need Help
By Rong Xiaoqing
SING TAO
Second place
NYC's Pakistani immigrant community removed from local political process
By Mohsin Zaheer
Sada-e-Pakistan
Third place
NYC Chinatown's isolated elders
By Lotus Chau
SING TAO
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Editorial Category 6:
Best coverage on education issues
First place
Is the promise real? The Harlem Children's Zone becomes a template for national change
By Helen Zelon
CITY LIMITS
Second place
Schools Fight Stokes Anger at Orthodox Jews in N.Y. Suburb
By Josh Nathan-Kazis
THE FORWARD
Third place
Students Demand Enforcement of Regulations on Military Recruiters
By Jaisal Noor
OUR TIME PRESS
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Multimedia coverage in any of the editorial categories
Best video
First place
Color on the Great White Way
By Judith Escalona
CUNY TV
Second place
Student pedicab drivers
By Necla Demirci
Zaman USA
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Best audio
First place
Hard, Dirty, Work: Latinos Clean Up The Gulf of Mexico
By Annie Correal
FEET IN 2 WORLDS
Second place
Young, Queer and orthodox" -- Podcast with Mordechai Levovitz, a leader of Jewish Queer Youth
By Nadja Spiegelman
THE FORWARD
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GRAPHIC CATEGORIES
Graphic Category 1:
Best overall design of publication (Print edition)
First place:
By Mehmet Demirci
Zaman USA
Second place
By Ryan Dunsmuir & Anna Gold
The Indypendent
Third place
By Pilar Roca Requena
La Voz
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Graphic Category 1a:
Best overall design (online edition)
First place
Colorlines
Second place
Nowy Dziennik
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Graphic Category 2:
Best photo essay
First place
He Gives Marble Hill the kindest cuts of all
By Karsten Moran
The Riverdale Press
Second place
Living Positively with HIV
By Amelia H. Krales
The Indypendent
Third place
Patagonia cowboy
By Mustafah Abdulaziz
Nueva Luz
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Graphic Category 3:
Best photograph
First place
Bringing back the disappeared
By Joseph Huff-Hannon
The Indypendent
Second place
Chinese community protest against Japan
By Yifu Chien
World Journal
Third place
Dining Table
By Stella Kalaw
Nueva Luz
Honorable Mention
Muslim Day Parade
By Mehmet Demirci
Zaman USA
Contact Person: Jehangir Khattak
Phone: 212- 279-1442 ext. 302
E-mail: nycomm@indypressny.org
HOW THE ETHNIC AND COMMUNITY MEDIA
COVERED THE IPPIES
City Limits
http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/4294/izzy-ippies-honor-city-limits
Colorlines
http://www.arc.org/content/view/1666/176/
Karsten Moran, The Riverdale Press
http://www.karstenmoran.net/blog/?tag=ippies
The Pakitani Newspaper
http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=19256
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/places/New-Yorks-Ethnic-Media-Honored-118237259.html
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