A follow-up reporting about a pit disaster in which 171 people died in 2005 was among the first prizes in the 18th China Journalism Prizes on Wednesday.
The story by Wang Dongmei, a Worker's Daily reporter, on Nov. 23, 2007, questioned the stagnation of the prosecution against the pit bosses blamed for the disaster, which caught the attention of leaders from the State Council. As a result the pit bosses got jail terms ranging from three to six years.
There were 261 works from 2007 which received awards - 79 received second prizes and 143 won third prizes.
The reports were chosen by a team of 70 from Chinese journalism agencies, colleges and research institutes.
Other prize-winning works included a commentary claiming that Shanghai City should be more generous, by Liberation Daily newspaper; a news report featuring a poverty-stricken county where officials live in luxury by Xinhua; a TV talk involving Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang and broadcast by China Central Television; and an Internet dialogue between Chinese and Japanese web surfers mounted by the website of China Radio International.
In addition, 10 journalistic columns received the awards of "Renowned China News Columns."
The China Journalism Prizes, established by the All-China Journalists Association in 1990, and the "Changjiang and Taofen Prizes," named after two famous Chinese journalists Fan Changjiangand Zou Taofeng, are the two highest, annual journalism prizes in China.
Source:Xinhua
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