Were
you born to be a journalist? - bbcmundo.com and Clarin.com name
Argentina's winner
BBC
World Service and Argentina's Clarín.com have announced the
winner of the competition for Argentina's most talented young online
journalist.
Eugenia
Mitchelstein, aged 23, won "Were You Born to be a Journalist"
with her multimedia feature, "Tell the world about your Argentina".
More
than 5,000 people registered to take part in the contest, which
ran on BBC's Spanish-language website, bbcmundo.com
and its online partner in Argentina, Clarín.com.
Eugenia
was selected by a transatlantic panel of judges: Senior Producer
of bbcmundo.com, Xabier Celaya, Editing Manager of Clarín
newspaper, Roberto Pablo Guareschi, and Argentinian journalists
and writer, Martín Caparrós.
She
was praised for her journalistic talent and excellent use of multimedia
tools. Her article concentrated on the re-opening of Argentinean
factories by the workers who continued production despite the economic
crisis.
Eugenia
will spend one month at the BBC World Service in London, working
alongside bbcmundo.com journalists in January 2003.
The
prize includes air tickets, accommodation and expenses. Her entry
will be posted on bbcmundo.com and Clarín.com websites.
Marcelo
Franco, Content Director of Clarín.com, said: "I think
that the success of this competition resides not only in the huge
response that we received, but also in the relevance of the entries.
"Future
professional journalists demonstrated their concern about the current
Argentinian situation, and they made a skilful use of multimedia
tools to communicate their message to the world."
Xabier
Celaya added: "The entries were of a high standard, and making
the final decision was very difficult.
"However,
sifting through them was very gratifying. It is great to know that
there is a whole generation of young journalists who share a real
passion and concern about their country.
"With
young people like these, one should be optimistic about Argentina's
the future."
Nine
runner-up prizes - personal organisers and radio sets - have been
awarded to:
Darío Artiguenave, Cecilia
Sánchez, Miguel
Velárdez, Eduardo
Tarrico Villafañe, María
Rivadeneira, Juan
Rosso Cabezas, Hernán
Katz, Julieta
Valente and María
Mierez.
Notes
to Editors
bbcmundo.com
is the BBC World Service multimedia Internet offer for Latin America,
updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The
site provides a wide range of information, including international
news and current affairs, world economy, science, technology, arts,
entertainment, chat forums, and the opportunity to learn English.
Clarín
Group's digital newspaper Clarín.com
was launched in 1996 and very soon became one of the region's most
popular news sites, providing online journalism 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
The
online partnership between bbcmundo.com and Clarín.com was
established five years ago.
Clarín.com
was the first Latin American website to carry the BBC audio in Spanish
live on the Internet.
The
BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
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