Exceptional journalists awarded for star performances at IFAJ Congress
Overall winner and winner category Production - 'Spring Lamb' by Cliff Donaldson, Northern Ireland
Canadian Mary Baxter and Eric Poulson of Denmark emerges Star Prize for print and broadcasting respectively while the overall winning prize goes to Cliff Donaldson of Northern Ireland
Mary Baxter of Canada and Eric Poulson of Denmark were the Star Prize winners of this IFAJ awards. Mary Baxter wins the IFAJ Star Prize for print journalism while Eric Poulson went away with the Star Prize in broadcasting.
Baxter’s article “Lyme disease: the painful and hard-to-diagnose condition,” was published in Better Farming magazine. The Star Prize for print journalism is sponsored by John Deere. The winner receives a certificate, gold IFAJ pin and 1,000 Euro cash prize. The runner up receives a 500 Euro cash prize.
The judges said Baxter wrote “a beautiful piece using a nice mix of human interest story telling and scientific research, exemplifying great journalism. Although it's a story about a sensitive subject, zoonoses, Better Farming had the guts to publish it.”
Frederik Thalbitzer of Denmark received distinguished recognition for the story “Sugar beets are full of gas” in Planteavlerens Fagmagasin.
Honorable mention went to Friederike Krick of Germany, for her story “Keine Angst vor groβen Herausforderungen,” published in Neue Landwirtschaft.
On the other hand, Poulsen won both the online video and television category making him the double award winner for IFAJ 2012 awards. In his online video category Poulson’s story was on “Ellegaard gottingen minipigs,” broadcast on www.If.dk.
Judges praised Poulsen’s piece as being “a very interesting and unique story about an agriculture stream that many may not be aware of.” They also said it was technically strong in terms of quality and scripting.
Poulsen also received an honourable mention in the television category with the story “Building the new barn.” The story covered the challenges and successes of expanding an agricultural business and was broadcasted on Land TV.
Meanwhile, the overall winner in this year’s IFAJ Star Prize for photo excellence, sponsored by DeLaval, is Cliff Donaldson of Northern Ireland. He won this distinction, as well as the competition’s production category, for his photo “Spring lamb.”
This year’s competition drew 81 entries: 29 in the people category, 29 in the production category and 23 in the nature category, from across the IFAJ membership.
By Sang Mendy
Mary Baxter of Canada and Eric Poulson of Denmark were the Star Prize winners of this IFAJ awards. Mary Baxter wins the IFAJ Star Prize for print journalism while Eric Poulson went away with the Star Prize in broadcasting.
Baxter’s article “Lyme disease: the painful and hard-to-diagnose condition,” was published in Better Farming magazine. The Star Prize for print journalism is sponsored by John Deere. The winner receives a certificate, gold IFAJ pin and 1,000 Euro cash prize. The runner up receives a 500 Euro cash prize.
The judges said Baxter wrote “a beautiful piece using a nice mix of human interest story telling and scientific research, exemplifying great journalism. Although it's a story about a sensitive subject, zoonoses, Better Farming had the guts to publish it.”
Frederik Thalbitzer of Denmark received distinguished recognition for the story “Sugar beets are full of gas” in Planteavlerens Fagmagasin.
Honorable mention went to Friederike Krick of Germany, for her story “Keine Angst vor groβen Herausforderungen,” published in Neue Landwirtschaft.
On the other hand, Poulsen won both the online video and television category making him the double award winner for IFAJ 2012 awards. In his online video category Poulson’s story was on “Ellegaard gottingen minipigs,” broadcast on www.If.dk.
Judges praised Poulsen’s piece as being “a very interesting and unique story about an agriculture stream that many may not be aware of.” They also said it was technically strong in terms of quality and scripting.
Poulsen also received an honourable mention in the television category with the story “Building the new barn.” The story covered the challenges and successes of expanding an agricultural business and was broadcasted on Land TV.
Meanwhile, the overall winner in this year’s IFAJ Star Prize for photo excellence, sponsored by DeLaval, is Cliff Donaldson of Northern Ireland. He won this distinction, as well as the competition’s production category, for his photo “Spring lamb.”
This year’s competition drew 81 entries: 29 in the people category, 29 in the production category and 23 in the nature category, from across the IFAJ membership.
By Sang Mendy