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SARAJEVO, December 9 (FENA) - Minela Jašar-Opardija from N1 TV is the first recipient of one of the most prestigious awards in journalism in BiH named after Srđan Aleksić in the category of professional reporting in 2020, by a unanimous decision of the four-member jury, Citizens' Helsinki Parliament announced on Wednesday.
Emina Dizdarević from the Balkan Investigative Repoting Network – BIRN also won the first prize in category 2.
In addition to Jašar-Opardija, the second prize in category 1, in which civil society organizations nominate journalists whose reporting they consider socially responsible and professional, went to Kristina Ljevak, a freelance journalist, and the Special Plaque went to Lidija Pisker from the media.ba portal.
In category 2, where journalists had the opportunity to nominate their works, the second prize was won by the duo Hilma Unkic and Ajdin Kamber, from the portal diskriminacija.ba, and the third prize by Alema Kazazić from FTV.
This year's competition for the "Srđan Aleksić" Journalism Award received a total of 18 applications from journalists and 8 proposals from non-governmental organizations.
This was the 10th jubilee award ceremony of the "Srđan Aleksić" Journalism Award, which was established in 2010, at the initiative of the Helsinki Parliament of the Citizens of Banja Luka, the Cure Foundation as well as the Association of Young Journalists of Bosnia's Republika Srpska entity. So far, a total of 43 journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina have received this award.
The Journalism Award is given for professional and continuous reporting on marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Bosnian society and for the development of socially responsible journalism. This year's awards ceremony was organized by the Citizens' Helsinki Parliament of Banja Luka and the Network for Building Peace with the support of Civil Rights Defenders.
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