Bayeux Prize for War correspondents pay homage to journalists covering invasion of Ukraine

In photo, Evgeniy Maloletka by Associated Press (AP) is rewarded for his multimedia report with MSTYSLAV Chernov (Video Image Prize) on the fall of Marioupol.

Le Monde With AFP

Every year, since 1994, he pays tribute to journalists who have exercised their profession in perilous conditions to allow free information. The Bayeux price of 2022 war correspondents was awarded on Saturday October 8, to reports dealing for most of Ukraine.

In photo, Evgeniy Maloletka by Associated Press (AP) is rewarded for his multimedia report with Mstyslav Chernov (video image price) on the fall of Marioupol. MSTYSLAV Chernov paid tribute to the civilian populations of the conflict: “It is not so much journalism here and victims”. “Journalism will always be less important than people who suffer, we were able to leave Marioupol, not everyone was lucky, it was essential that the original material could go out with us,” he continued .

The serious face, Mr. Maloletka praised him that “the hope of Ukraine is visible”, it is “very important that journalists speak” of the invasion. “My hometown, Berdiansk, is occupied, I come back from the front and this area is destroyed, there has already been too much blood shed, it is time to put an end to this conflict,” he added, before The public rises to applaud them. The public photo price also goes to an AP photoreporter, Vadim Ghirda.

Report at Burkina Faso

In written press, the first prize of the international jury is awarded to Mariam Ouedraogo for his report at Burkina Faso “ Dablo-Kaya axis: The Route de l’Enfer des Femmes “, at Sidwaya editions, which describes the terrible journey of women raped in the vice d ‘A road in the grip of two terrorist groups. In duplex since Ouagadougou, moved, she dropped with a smile to have “afraid of making an asthma attack, so much (she did not) expect to receive this prize”.

The Ouest France Jean Marin Prize to Nicolas Delesalle for “ Ukraine, The Last Chance convoy ” published in Paris Match, where the story of a mother who must choose who Send abroad and save among his own.

In television, Théo Maneval and Pierre Dehoorne won the first Amnesty International prize for “ viktor and the kiss of war ” in Ukraine for France 5, the large format prize going to Philip Cox of the Guardian for “ The Sudan Spiderman “.

On the radio side, the international jury awarded the Prize of the landing committee to Maurine Mercier (France Info-RTS) who had collected the testimony of a mother and her daughter on “two weeks of rape and terror at the endcha”, again in Ukraine.

/Media reports.