Shortlist announcement for Young Reporter categories
LAUSANNE, March 29, 2023 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Young Reporters category - Broadcasting, Photography and Writing.
The shortlist represents the second judging stage and is based on the preferences of the AIPS Executive Committee members.
Disclaimer: All names and information have been published as we have received them, for any corrections please get in touch with us at info@aipsawards.com.
Here are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:
YOUNG REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHY
Morgan Hancock (Australia), Late summer sun - Warrnambool Standard
Tom Weller (Germany), Winners and losers - Tom Weller
Máté Ladjánszki (Hungary), Falling - Népszava
Mohammad Javad Abjoushak (Iran), Dragon strike - IRNA News Agency
Amirreza Ostovari (Iran), Passion for football life after Covid19 - Farsnews Agency, Khabarvazeshi Newspaper
Alireza Zeinali (Iran), Sweet fall - Footballi.net
Matteo Arnoul (Italy), Find the Puck - Eco del Chisone
Mattia Ozbot (Italy), The Scudetto - Mattia Ozbot/CiamilloCastoria
Giovanni Zenoni (Italy), Mirroring - Instagram
Sila Kiplagat (Kenya), Water splash - Nation Media Group
Joe Allison (New Zealand), Support in numbers - Getty Images
Mateo Villalba Sánchez (Spain), Golf Portfolio - Quality Sport Images/Golffile
Will Palmer (UK), Over the Top... - SWpix
Enzo Santos (Uruguay), At the feet of a giant - Peñarol
Ayman Alqadi (Yemen), Ball and sun – FaceSport
YOUNG REPORTERS BROADCASTING
Philip Dirnbeck (Austria), Emotions of the Special Olympics - ORF
Thomas Rathgeb (Austria), Sports during the energy crisis: Can we afford this? - ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation)
Henrique Arcoverde (Brazil), The bricklayer's glove guy - Grupo Globo
Mariana Tolentino (Brazil), Citizenship and Sport: Teachers are examples of social inclusion and democracy - Sistema Sagres de Comunicação
Borislav Orlinov (Bulgaria), Evdokia Popadinova: Unbreakable - Max Sport
Victorine Kaaronda (Namibia), Never walk alone project- King Tee & Tim Ekandjo - Namibia Broadcasting Corporation
Soobin Shin (Republic of Korea), Batting on a Miracle - KBS
Thess Mostoles (Spain), Becoming a professional boxer with Amy Andrew - Women in Sport
Pierre Pillet (Switzerland), The Inland Glacier patrol - Léman Bleu
Halit Çiçekli (Turkey), Amputee Football World Cup Final Report - TRT
Benjamin Cure (USA), Benjamin Cure interviews Inter Miami CF Academy U-17 goalkeepers - Inter Miami CF
Benjamin Payne (USA), The business of ‘Banana Ball’: How the Savannah Bananas are changing baseball in Georgia and beyond - Georgia Public Broadcasting
Ari Saperstein (USA), Ukrainian gymnast Illia Kovtun & the photo seen around the world - Blind Landing
YOUNG REPORTERS WRITING
Joseph Lynch (Australia), Afghanistan women's national football team playing in exile: ‘The heart that is still beating’ - ESPN Australia
Ciaran O'mahony (Australia), The Aussie defying the odds to compete with “half a heart” at the Oceania Championships - Australian Taekwondo
Bianca Roberts (Australia), Felicite Rwemarika: The refugee who became a pioneer for women’s sport in Rwanda - Bianca Roberts Media
Martin Schauhuber (Austria), Ten heroes, five dead: How K2 was conquered in winter - Der Standard
Arafat Zubaear (Bangladesh), Are women's sports associations for women at all? - Dhaka Post
Camila Alves (Brazil), “Their lives were threatened by the Taliban”: the former captain who evacuated hundreds of athletes - Grupo Globo
Mostafa Hosny (Egypt), Sports agents: Priority for the commissions – madamasr.com
Emmanuel Ayamga (Ghana), Bombs, fear, iffy survival: The escape story of Ghanaian footballers in war-torn Ukraine - Pulse Ghana
Francesco Gottardi (Italy), Rowing in Venice, the pleasure of slowness - Il Foglio
Ghina Chahwan (Lebanon), Climbing: A Life Philosophy - LBCI Lebanon
Soulaimane Bakbach (Morocco), How Moroccan Paralympian Kassioui beat cerebral palsy and society - Aljazeera
Ernest Akorebirungi (Uganda), Playing rugby despite being deaf & unable to speak: The incredible story of Isaac Mubarak Mubiru - Kawowo Sports
Um-E-Aymen Babar (UK), What Zidane Iqbal and the rising tide of South Asian ballers means to me - BBC Sport
Sana Haq (UK), Meet the Black women pushing for equality in swimming - CNN
Jonathan Harding (UK), ‘I'll die with cancer and can't change it but I can change these people's lives’ - Racing Post
Diego Domínguez (Uruguay), The story of the novice doctor who saved Maradona from his first death in Punta del Este - El País Uruguay
Facundo Verdún (Uruguay), Between free throws and prisoners - La Diaria
Tommy Delaunay (USA), Kate Sanborn found belonging with the marathon – FloSports, MileSplit
Farai Shawn Matiashe (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe’s girl footballers kick back against teen pregnancy - London Evening Standard
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Following these shortlists, we will announce the top 10 and subsequently the finalists.
The final ceremony will take place in Seoul on May 9, 2023.
Stay tuned for the rest of the shortlists!