IE Business School and CAF Development Bank of Latin America, launch the 4th Edition of the Prize for Economic Journalism in Latin America

Madrid, January 17, 2014. IE BUSINESS SCHOOL has called for entries for the fourth edition of its Prize for Economic Journalism in Latin America, which this year it is organizing in collaboration with CAF Development Bank of Latin America and CNN en Español. 

The objective of the competition is to afford recognition of the best journalistic work published or diffused by social communication media (press, magazines, blogs, webs, radio or television) in Latin America to disseminate economic culture in society.

This edition will accept work published between October 1, 2013 and May 30, 2014, and will chiefly, but not exclusively, value articles focused on the creation and development of start-ups in Latin America or on innovative entrepreneurship in any form.

The competition will award a total of $11,000 in prizes for the following categories:

• a. First prize for the best journalistic work published in the daily press (general daily press, daily business press) comprising €4,000 and a sculpture by artist Miguel Panadero.
• b. Special mention (second prize) for the second best piece published in the daily press (general daily press, daily business press), comprising €1,500.
• c. First prize for the best journalistic work published or distributed by non-daily press (magazines, specialized publications, television, internet), comprising €4,000 and a sculpture by Miguel Panadero.
• d. Special mention (second prize) for the second best piece published or distributed by non-daily press (magazines, specialized publications, television, internet), comprising 1,500 Euros.

More information at: http://premioperiodismo.ie.edu 

Prestigious Judges 

The fourth edition also features a prize for the best daily regional press and another for the best non-daily printed, online or televised news. The panel will comprise journalists from prestigious regional and international media, and directors of participating firms and regional institutions like the O.A.S. The 20 finalists will be announced in July of 2014, and the prize giving ceremony will take place in October of 2014.

Previous winners

In the third edition of the prizes, presented in Madrid's Casa de América in June of 2013, the report on the region's shipping industry by journalist Joanisabel González, published by El nuevo día, received the first prize in the daily press category, while an article by journalist Rogelio Vélez Mendoza about peace-based profits, published in La Republica (Colombia) was the runner up.

América Economía (Chile), received the price for the best article in the non-daily press category with a piece headed "Thanks for smoking" by journalists Carlos Tromben and Loreto Urbina. The publication PEQUEÑAS EMPRESAS GRANDES NEGOCIOS (Brazil) was the runner up in the non-daily press category with an article headed "The Creativity of Money" by journalist Marisa Adán Gil.

NOTIMEX news agency (Mexico) and APERTURA magazine (Argentina), received the special prize for the best press coverage in daily and non-daily press publications. The CODERE foundation awarded the special prize for an article on innovation in the entertainment, leisure and tourism industry by Jesús Rangel from the MILENIO group.

Casa de América, Cinco Días and AIR FRANCE KLM also provided their support as collaborators in the third edition of the Prize for Economic Journalism in Latin America. Entries for the third edition comprised some 300 articles, reports, interviews and other formats from over 150 media organizations in the region, written by 130 leading journalists in the field.

The prize giving ceremony for the second edition was held in Bogotá en 2012. The winners were an article on the so-called bottom of the pyramid by journalist Maria Gabriela Ensinck published in EL CRONISTA (Argentina) and a report on start-ups in Brazil by journalist Bruno Galo, published in ISTOÉ DINHEIRO magazine (Brazil).

There were also special prizes for an article about the new economy of Brazil's favelas by  journalists Miriam Leitão and Valeria Maniero, published in the Brazilian daily O GLOBO, and an article headed "Negotiating a rocky path" by  journalist Ana Cristina Camacho, published in EL FINANCIERO (Costa Rica).

Participants in the prize giving ceremony included the President of Colombia's Stock Exchange, Doctor Juan Pablo Córdoba, the Vice President of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, Doctor Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia, Santiago Iñiguez, Dean of IE Business School and President of IE University, Ricardo Avila, Director of economic daily Portafolio, and José Ignacio Cases, Executive Vice President of the CODERE Foundation. Gabriela Frías, economic journalist from CNN en Español, led the event.

The first edition of the IE Business School Prize for Economic Journalism was held in 2011, and the winners were Época Negocios magazine (Brazil) and Clarin's IECO supplement (Argentina). Entries included 300 articles, reports, interviews and other formats from over 200 communication media in the region, authored by 50 journalists in the field of business and economics. The prizes for this first edition were awarded on June 16, 21 in the Banamex Center.