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CEMEX and FNPI present Journalism Award

Monterrey, Mexico.- September 2nd, 2003

Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez and Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Chairman and CEO of CEMEX.

CEMEX and the Iberian-American New Journalism Foundation (FNPI) today awarded the winners and finalists of the CEMEX-FNPI New Journalism Prize. The award recognizes and encourages journalism in Latin America. Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Chairman and CEO of CEMEX, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel laureate and Chairman of FNPI presented the award.

Garcia Marquez also awarded Homage to Jose Salgar, as a special recognition granted by the Award Council.

Salgar has been a journalist for 70 years and a teacher of countless generations of Colombian journalists, including Garcia Marquez himself.

The award ceremony took place at Monterrey's Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO).

Among the attendees were:

The Award Council, comprised of renowned Latin journalists: Alma Guillermoprieto (Mexico), Carlos Monsivais (Mexico), Geraldinho Vieira (Brazil); Germán Rey (Colombia), Horacio Verbitsky (Argentina), Javier Darío Restrepo (Colombia), Joaquín Estefanía (Spain), Rosental Alves (Brazil), Sergio Ramírez (Nicaragua), Susan Meiselas (USA), and Tomás Eloy Martínez (Argentina).
The jury members: Carlos Fernando Chamorro (Mexico), Carlos Ulanovsky (Argentina), Cristina Faesler (Mexico), and Rosa Maria Alfaro (Peru).

Winners and Finalists

Internet Winners

Gastón Depetris
Marcelo Franco
Gerardo Young
Lucas Guagnini
Alberto Amato (Argentina)

Finalist

Fernando Rodrigues (Brazil)

Homage award winner José Salgar.

Radio Winners

Mario Mercuri
Sandra Robles
Gabriel Domínguez (Mexico)

Finalists

Waldir Ochoa (Colombia)
Filomena Salemme (Brazil)

TV Winner

Jorge Enrique Botero (Colombia)

Finalists

Blanca Bulnes (Chile)
Marcelo Canellas
Lúcio Matildes Alves
Laura Janice Xavier
María Hipólito de Faria
Luis C. de Oliveira (Brazil)

Homage

José Salgar (Colombia)

Panoramic view of the event

The award was created by CEMEX and FNPI to promote journalistic excellence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Homage award winner is granted US$30,000.00. The winners of the TV, radio and internet wards will receive US$25,000.00, and the finalists in each category are granted US$5,000.00. The awards are fully sponsored by CEMEX.

You can find more information about the awards and the winners' work at:
www.nuevoperiodismo.org