Travis Fox, The Washington Post, USA
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/3335097[/vimeo]Stef Biemans, VPRO, Netherlands
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/3334862[/vimeo]Subina Shreshta, Al Jazeera, Dubai
Above, three of the 8 finalists for the Concentra Videojournalism Award.
The 10,000 Euro prize will be presented next week during DNA2009 conference in Brussels.
Over the next few days, I will post all the the finalists.
Selecting the finalist was extremely difficult work. There were many excellent entries.
There are 7 judges on the panel, all from various backgrounds and countries, so there were a lot of varied opinions as to what best exemplifies the world’s best video journalism. At the top end, it gets very subjective.
We are all looking forward to the DNA2009 conference in Brussels. It has not been an easy year to put this together. The economic recession caused many sponsors to drop out, even after they had committed. Many participants found themselves unable to attend – their parent companies now unwilling to allow them to go.
Many of our brother conferences simply folded tents this year and canceled. We were determined not to do so. Only because of the diligent work of the entire team, led by the conference’s Managing Director Lisa Lambden, were we able to pull this off.
