2009 PopDev Media Awards – Winners

Here are the winners of the 5th PopDev Media Awards held at the Mandarin Hotel in Gateway Mall, Quezon City on December 2, 2009.

PRINT AND ONLINE CATEGORY

Best in News Reportage Writing

Winner: Purple Chrystyl S. Romero (Newsbreak)
* The Pinoy Carbon Footprint
* RP, 3 other Asian countries face costly climate change risks
* Climate Change Commission OK’d

Runners-up: Florian Balmes, Karen Tiongson-Mayrina, Aedrianne Acar, Brenda Barrientos, Agatha Guidaben, Jamaica Pascual, Mary Ann Señir, Jake Soriano, Allan Vallarta (GMANews.Tv)
* Much vaunted economic growth fails to ease poverty
* Targeting Ten: 10 Million Jobs by 2010
* Imperfect attendance: School Participation not likely to reach target

Best in Investigative Reporting

Winner: Claire Delfin (GMANews.Tv)
* Child Pornography: Evil that preys silently on poor Filipino children

Runner up: Claire Delfin (GMANews.Tv)
* Childbirth, still a grim reality for many Filipino mothers and babies

Best in Opinion Writing

Winner: Rene Ezpeleta Bartolo (The Mindanao Times)
* The RH Bill and the Totality of Truth
Part 1: Anathema and Anguish
Part 2: Making Visible the Seed of Truth
Part 3: Thus Spoke the Silent Majority

Runner up: Juan L. Mercado (Sun.Star Cebu)
* Grade B showbiz

Best in Feature or Magazine Article Writing

Winner: Ronnie M. Halos (Pilipino Star Ngayon)
* Family planning sa liblib

Runner up: Mark Joseph Holandes Ubalde (GMANews.Tv)
* When mom is away, the family goes astray

BROADCAST CATEGORY

Best in Radio Program

Winner: Aurora J. Zialcita (DZMM Radyo Patrol)

No Runner-up

Best in TV Documentary

Winner: Abner Mercado (ABS-CBN, The Correspondents)
* Kailan Tama ang Sobra

Runner up: Nowell Cuanang (GMA, I-Witness)
* Papa, Papa Paano ako Ginawa?

Best in Magazine Program or Talk Show

Winner: Marielle Gaceta-Catbagan (ABS-CBN)
* Vagina Dialogue

No Runner-up

PHOTOJOURNALISM CATEGORY

Best in Single Photo

Winner: Jes Aznar (Human Rights Reporting Project)
* Ten’s crowd

Runner up: Jonathan C. Vicencio (Philippine Star)
* World population day

Best in Photo Essay

Winner: Jes Aznar (Human Rights Reporting Project)
* Bless our Home

No Runner-up

The PopDev (Population and Development) Media Awards is a nationwide competition among print, broadcast (radio and television) and online journalists which tackled population and development issues.