Free Word Winners Announced
On May 7, the jury of the creative contest for journalists Volnaye Slova (Free Word) announced the names of the winners; the awarding ceremony is held traditionally at the beginning of May, dedicated to the Press Freedom Day.
INFORMATIONAL GENRES:
Lukashuk Zmitser (Euroradio, euroradio.fm). Euroradio helps free 8 captive Ukrainian soldiers”
Lidziya Mikheyeva (Belarusskiy Zhurnal, journalby.com). War: cute and not scary (Ru)
Pankavets Zmitser (Nasha Niva, nn.by). Fed up with the police’s state (By)
ANALYTICAL GENRES:
Pavel Sviardlou (Timer Magazine, timermag.by). Linked with one chain (Ru)
Iosif Siaredzich (Narodnaya Volya, nv-online.info). We miss them (By)
Seviaryna Kviatkouski (Belarusskiy Zhurnal, journalby.com). Moscow war opened up Belarusians (By)
PUBLICIST GENRES:
Zmitser Halko (Novy Chas, novychas.info). Kiborgs are guys from the next door yard (By)
Aleh Hardziyenka (Nasha Niva, nn.by). Orsha Battle of 1514. A report from the battlefield (By)
Tatsiana Matsveyeva, Vitebsk (Tut.by). Through camps and electroshock. How patriots sacrificed their young years and health for Belarus in 1940 (By)
JOURNALISTIC INVESTIGATION:
Yahor Martsinovich (Nasha Niva, nn.by). Drazdy №2: full list of officials who got the land of value $10 million
Volha Deksnis (Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belarusi, kp.by). How I worked as a waitress in a Vietnamese cafe Saigon (Parts Частка 1, Частка 2, Частка 3, Частка 4, Частка 5, Частка 6).
Alena Spasiuk (BelaPAN, naviny.by). «Golden» punches installed in the public transport of Minsk
DEBUT:
Raman Stefanenka, Krychau / Minsk (90s.by – multimedia history project). White Legion Created
Volha Shyrakastup, Baranavichy (Intex-press, intex-press.by). Teachers get to be free builders, social workers and accountants at a time.
Nastassia Rouda, Maladzechna (Rehiyanalnaya Hazeta, rh.by). Shooting of Jews in Valozhyn. Witnesses talk
The jury:
Andrei Skurko
Aliaksandr Starykevich
Anzhela Belush
Anatol Huliayeu
Maxim Zhbankou
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Yuras Karmanau, president of the jury