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 Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Award |
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The article Kuarup / Xingu, by Ivaci Matias, Cristina Piasentine and José Henrique, was the outright winner of the awarding ceremony of this year´s Embratel Press Award, taking the Barbosa Lima Sibrinho Grand Prix. |
| Telecommunications - non-specialized media |
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Elvira Lobato and Mario César Carvalho for "Telcos negotiate the purchase of of Embratel to raise prices" published in Folha de São Paulo newspaper, about the documents seized by the police revealing the consortium strategy adopted by the th wireline telephone companies aimed at buying Embratel. |
| Foreign Correspondent |
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Klaus Weidmann, of Ard - German Public TV for "Slave Discoverer" follwoing a police raid with an agent of the Labor Ministry in Pará, with the purpose of locating slave laborers.
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José Hamilton Ribeiro, represented by Ivaci Matias, for "Country Music" published in "Globo Rural" Globo TV show, telling how the country music appeared in the São Paulo inland region and its importance for the phonographic industry. |
| Sports article |
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Helvídio Mattos and José Trajano, of ESPN Brasil for "300 years of soccer", telling the history and the glories of three Rio clubs: América, Bangu and Botafogo on the occasion of their 100th anniversary.
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Márcio Pessoa, of FM Cultura (RS) Radio, for "Financial Companies: the high cost of easiness" showing the misfortune of people indebted to the financial institutions as a result of the high interest rates scenario.
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Márcio Rodrigues of Fotocom.net agency, for "Deadly Flight", a picture published in Extra magazine documenting a Stock Car tragedy where a pilot crashed and was driven out of the track and hit a 19-year old trainee photographer, who died in hospital.
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José Raimundo, for "The Atlantic Forest" series appearing in Jornal Nacional, documenting the destruction of 93% of the forest, the traffic of wild animals and the occupation by private properties of half of the remaining forest area. Additionally it shows the implementation of ecological corridors in Serra do Mar. |
| Social Responsibility |
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Vanessa Di Sevo, for the article "Garbage: An experience for getting back citizenship" broadcast by São Paulo CBN Radio, telling the story of people who earned their living by searching garbage in disposal areas and became garbage recyclers. |
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Andrei Meireles, Diego Escosteguy, Gustavo Krieger and Nelito Fernandes, for "The Waldomiro Diniz Case", published in Época magazine, denouncing the man who, while holding a position of trust in the federal government, took bribes and donations from members of illegal gambling in Rio de Janeiro. |
| Investigative Journalism |
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Eduardo Faustini and Frederico Neves, for "Mafia of the Rescued", using a hidden camera to reveal the irregular trade of robbed vehicles. The story broadcast by Fantástico TV show denounced the racket that fuels the industry of stolen and robbed cars.
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Ana Célia Ossame and Lúcia Carla Gama, reporters of ACrítica newspaper, for "We are Amazonenses", drawing the profile of the population of 16 inland municipalities to illustrate the heterogeneous quality of the Amazonian people, in addition to showing how they face the difficulties and deficiencies of the public services. |
| Midwest Region |
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Vera Carpes, Justiça TV / Cultura TV (Federal District), for "Special Federal Courts - Jalapão I and II" revealing the contrasts between the beauties of the Jalapão scenery and the distressing conditions of the people who live in that area. The story tracked the assistance work carried out by a team of the Itinerant Federal Count.
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Ciara Carvalho and a team of 10 reporters and four photographers of Jornal do Commercio newspaper of Recife, for "Anatomy of Violence" showing the reality that turned Pernambuco into the state with more homicidal cases in Brazil. |
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Carolina Bahia and Carlos Etchichury, for "Brazilian Patches", published in Zero Hora magazine, about what happened to12 young boys who lived in the sewer of Porto Alegre. |
| Southeast Region |
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Priscylla Almawy, for the series of articles "Children of Violence" published in O Dia magazine, about the tragic situation of teenagers who live in the deprived communities of Rio de Janeiro and are victims of the traffic . |
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