YEREVAN PRESS CLUB AWARDS FOR JOURNALISTS AND MASS MEDIA

Azg/arm
21 July 05

The arrangements dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Yerevan Press
Club completed yesterday by the ceremony of giving awards to a number
of journalists and mass media at the Chamber Music Hall after Komitas.

Hayk Gevorgian, reporter of Haykakan Zhamanak, was given a prize in
the nomination “For Contributing to Transparency of Economy.” Yerkir
Media TV won the award for “Best Political Analytical” program.
Tatoul Hakobian, reporter of Azg daily, won the prize for “Highlighting
Regional Issues.” While Hayrenik TV was given the award for “Programs
for Children.”

Radiolur program of RA Public TV was considered the best
informational-analytical program in the nomination “For Securing
Operative and Multilateral Information.” Shoghakat TV received the
prize “For Aesthetics.”

Other three journalists were awarded the prizes of the Yerevan Press
Club. Tigran Paskevichian was awarded the Valeri Aydinian prize for
a series of articles published in 168 Zham weekly. Artak Aleqsanian,
reporter of RA Public TV, received the Tigran Naghdalian prize.

The UN Office in Armenia awarded the journalists Arpine Harutyunian,
Sara Petrosian and Susana Shahnazarian prizes for the winning the
Millennium Development Goals contest. UNDP and the Yerevan Press
Club gave prizes to Hasmik Budaghian, reporter of Aravot weekly,
and Vahan Ishkhanian, journalist of Armenianow.com.

The jury of the Yerevan Press Club Annual Award included Astghik
Gevorgian, chairwoman of RA Union of Journalists, Ashot Melikian,
chairman of the Freedom of Speech Committee, Nune Sargsian,
executive director of Internews NGO, Levon Barseghian, chairman of
the Gyumri’s Asparez Club, Avet Demourian, chairman of Team NGO and
Edik Baghdasarian, chairman of Investigative Journalists NGO.