Andorra la VellaThis Thursday the awards were presented 28th edition of the Pirene Award of Inter-Pyrenean journalism. This year a total of 8 worksof which 4 for the written press category i 4 for audiovisual of radio and television. The financial endowment of the prizes starts from Department of Communication.
The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Monica Bonellhighlighted during the award ceremony that the Pirene Award recognizes the journalism that transcends immediacy and deepens them stories that help us better understand the society in which we live, especially in context Pyrenean.
“One journalism to contribute verification”
“In these times of saturation informative and ofexpedited information which comes to us mainly through the social networksbecomes more necessary than ever journalism to contribute verificationand one critical view i reflective. And this is necessary both for the understanding of adults global facts as for ours closest environment“, he assured.
Entering the details of the awardees, in the category of written pressthe jury has decided to award the Pirene Award of written press reportage, of 3,000 eurosin the report ‘Shepherd Pyrenees’presented by Oriol Clavera and prepared together with five other journalists, and which was published in issue 307 of May 2024 of the magazine find out. The jury has highlighted this one winning report the approach to the subject of pastoralism in the Pyrenees in a rigorous way and the care in the presentation and editing of the dossier, which highlights the survival of livestock roads and the recognition of the traditional cattle ranching by the mountain shepherds.
In the category of audiovisual pressthe jury has decided to award the Pirene Award of audiovisual press reporting, of 3,000 eurosat work ‘The horizons of the stone giant: 20 years of the Valls del Comapedrosa Natural Park’of Radio Television of Andorraissued on September 29, 2023, a Andorra Television.
Of this piece, the jury has remarked that it is a documentary that explains the particularities of one protected natural space for 20 years with a very complete vision of his biodiversity and needs for yours conservationand which stands out for the quality of the images and the variety of witnesses.
Finally, about the award to the report that has a special impact on the environmental theme or in the sustainability in the Pyreneescontributed by Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestockthe jury has decided to award the endowment of 1,500 euros in the audiovisual report ‘Ancestral paths’made by Eduard Ros and Elena Pardowhich was published inDigital speaker on June 21, 2024.
Regarding this work, the jury has remarked that it values ​​an activity like the transhumance who has configured them landscapes of Andorra and of Pyrenees and which has recently been declared Intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. In this XXVIII edition of the Pirene Prize for inter-Pyrenean journalism, the jury has been formed by Eva Arasa, Bru Noya i Viviana BesolÃ.