Concentra Award Nominees Announced

The nominations for this year’s Concentra Award for Outstanding Video Journalism have been announced.

The Concentra awards an annual prize to a journalist who, in terms of both substance and production, produced an interesting news item which was broadcast on a news program of a television station. By awarding this prize, Concentra aims to stimulate journalists to film and edit their own pieces, so they master the entire production process themselves. Established in 2004, the award comes with 10,000 euros (approx. $14,000 US) in prize money.

• The Winning Hood - Stef Biemans, VPRO, The Netherlands
• Sudanese trouser woman - Mia Bittar, VJ Movement, Sudan
• Young and homeless in Almaty – Yermek Boltayev, Radio Free Europe, Kazakhstan
• Cracking the whip in Pakistan - Adam Ellick, NY Times, USA
• Close Calls - Raul Gallego Abellan, Associated Press, Spain
• This is not like Iraq - Raul Gallego Abellan, Associated Press, Spain
• Baby Feras - Casey Kauffman, Al Jazeera International, UK
• Taxi Filippino: the disappearance of James Balao - Roel Nollet, TV Oost, Belgium
• Operation Moshtarak - Vaughan Smith, Channel4, UK
• The all-dwarf themepark: a human zoo? - Angel Villariano, VJ Movement, Spain

Final judging of the 10 nominated entries will take place on May 6th in Antwerp. The Concentra jury is chaired by Michael Rosenblum, CEO of Rosenblum TV.