Shortlist Young Reporters categories 2024
LAUSANNE, April 4, 2025 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlists for the Young Reporter categories; Broadcasting, Photography and Writing.
Find out more about the judging stages HERE.
Below are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:
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YOUNG REPORTERS - BROADCASTING
Thomas Rathgeb (Austria), Striving for the Perfect Shot - ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation)
Qingyin Li (China), Liu Runlong: The One-Armed Runner Who Thrives Through Running - China Media Group
Podé Marcos Boué (Côte d’Ivoire), At the heart of taekwondo clubs - RTI (Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne)
Nana Ama Agyemang (Ghana), The Ali Jarra story - EIB Network Ghana
Joseph Ayinga-Walter (Ghana), Riches To Rags: The story of former Ghana Premier League star, Eric Agyemang - Multimedia Groups Limited
Stephen Keter (Kenya), Seeing double: Two sets of twins competing in different sports - Nation Media Group
Eric Njiru (Kenya), Inside AFCON 2023 - Radio Africa Group
Tracy Onchoke (Kenya), Stuck in Overtime: Karatu Stadium's Costly Delay - Africa Uncensored
Eugene Goh (Singapore), No Brake With Age - Nanyang Technological University
José Miguélez Vieco (Spain), Because there are memories that not even Alzheimer's can erase - Movistar Plus+
Pierre Pillet (Switzerland), Elise Chabbey, unwavering support - Léman Bleu
Lauren Lewis (UK), Road to Utica - At The Face
Cosmas Mulenga (Zambia), Ageless warriors: Zambia's yasa grannies defy age through sport - Diamond TV
YOUNG REPORTERS - PHOTOGRAPHY
Eric Wu (Australia), Unbreakable Focus - Eric Wu
Yuri Laurindo (Brazil), Blood, Pain and Passion - A Embaixada
Luiza Moraes (Brazil), Ball at the Rings - Time Brasil
Georgi Todorov (Bulgaria), Fire & Fury during pit stop - Gruppe C Photography
Sameer Al-doumy (France), Olympic Pulse - Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Jani Martin (Hungary), A goal from behind - Fotoplus
Anna Szilágyi (Hungary), Champion - EPA Images
Mattia Ozbot (Italy), Mondo World Record – World Athletics
Ieva Želvytė (Lithuania), Aerial acrobatics performance - Lithuanian Sports Journalists' Union
Blaise Paulhene Rellata (Philippines), Eyes on the Prize - Blaise Paulhene Rellata
Ricardo Hernández (Spain), San Valentine’s Kick-kiss - Mundotaekwondo.com
Daniel Meumann Sanz (Spain), Tadej Pogačar conquers Port Ainé - Volta a Catalunya
Mohammed Ahmed (Yemen), Violent interference - Mohammed Ahmed
Radwan Nasser (Yemen), Features of death - Radwan Nasser
YOUNG REPORTERS - WRITING
Saeedullah Safi (Afghanistan), The cycling sisters defying the Taliban to compete in the Paris Olympics - The Afghan Times
Camila Alves (Brazil), "My coach tried to kiss me": unprecedented survey reveals cases of harassment in women's football - Globo
Thibault Le Besne (France), Paralympics slalom between cheating and cover-up - Slate.fr
Louis Boulay (France), Park Si-Hun : “My life would have been better with the silver medal” - L'Equipe
Sanket Jain (India), How an Indian farmer uses sports to save girls from early marriage - Devex
Neel Shelat (India), Dawn of the White Wolves - SCOUTED Notebook
Mohammadamin Shahsavari (Iran), The lost screams in Iran's stadiums! - ISNA
Gabriele Ragnini (Italy), From racket to weapons in trench: the war of Dolgopolov - ZetaLuiss
Meshack Kisenge (Kenya), The amazing transformation of ex-footballer Joseph Kinyanjui - from an armed gangster to a crime and drug abuse fighter - Mozzart Sport Kenya
Anushe Engineer (Pakistan), It’s all or nothing for Arshad Nadeem in Paris - Dawn Media Group
Jamie Haro (Papua New Guinea), After a serious rugby league injury, Dorna Longbut is making her mark in para-sport - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Lucijan Zalokar (Slovenia), From “a car without fuel” to a world record holder - Delo
Pablo Muñoz (Spain), The Palestinian footballer who is a political refugee in Spain: 'We came out from under the rubble and continued with our dreams’ - Relevo
Chloe Merrell (UK), Paris 2024 Olympics - Boyd Martin returns to the Olympic stage, ready to deliver emotional tribute - Olympics.com
Issy Ronald (UK), For even the most successful Olympians, life after the Games can be like ‘going down that cliff’ - CNN