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| VII Embratel Press Award |
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 Awarding social consciousness
 The story "Abuso Sexual Infantil" (Child Abuse) by Delis Ortiz, Denise Sobrinho and Maurício Maia, from Globo Reporter TV program, was the outright winner of the 2005 Embratel Press Award, winning the Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Grand Prix. The story investigated cases of abuse and sexual exploitation of children and teenagers in Brazil.
The awarding ceremony was held on December 7, 2005 at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro. Nineteen journalistic works were handed their prizes, and a tribute was paid to the photographic reporters from all over Brazil, represented by four veteran professionals who for several decades have been recording important moments in the history of Brazil and around the world: Alaor Barreto (deceased in the end of 2005), Luis Pinto (deceased in January of 2006), Alberto Jacob and Sebastião Marinho.
The Embratel Press Award, which was sponsored by the Cultural Incentive act, by the Ministry of Culture and by the Culture Secretariat of the state of Rio de Janeiro, received 976 journalistic works by 718 reporters from all over Brazil.
The novelty of the 2005 Embratel Press Award was the prize awarded to a cinematographic reporter for the best, the most timely or first-published television story (cinematographic work).
The Embratel Press Award is supported by the Rio de Janeiro Photographic and Cinematographic Reporters Association (Arfoc) and by the Rio de Janeiro Professional Journalists Union (SJPMRJ), and is recognized by the National Journalists Federation (Fenaj) and by the journalists unions all over the country.
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