With the exception of Burkina Faso for the written press, the coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine won all the first prizes of this 29th edition where Afghanistan also occupied a central place.
In photo, Evgeniy Maloletka of Associated Press (AP) is rewarded for his multimedia report with Mstyslav Chernov (Video image prize) on the fall of Mariupol, the public prize also goes to an AP photoreporter, Vadim Ghirda.
In the written press, the first prize of the international jury is awarded to Mariam Ouedraogo for her report in Burkina Faso "Axe Dablo-Kaya: the road to hell for women", published by Sidwaya and the Prix Ouest France Jean Marin to Nicolas Delesalle for "Ukraine, the last chance convoy" published in Paris Match.
Maurine Mercier (France Info - RTS) awarded at the 29th edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy prize, on October 8, 2022 in Bayeux Lou BENOIST AFP
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 spiderman of Sudan".
On the radio side, the international jury awarded the landing committee prize to Maurine Mercier (France Info - RTS) who had collected the testimony of a mother and her daughter on "two weeks of rape and terror in Boutcha", again in Ukraine.
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