Attending the ceremony (from left to right): Stanley Greene, Erik Izraelewicz, Marie-Christine Saragosse, Richard Bohringer, Jean-François Julliard, two journalists from Weekly Eleven News, Dominique Gerbaud and Plantu.http://en.rsf.org/reporters-wi
Attending the ceremony (from left to right): Stanley Greene, Erik Izraelewicz, Marie-Christine Saragosse, Richard Bohringer, Jean-François Julliard, two journalists from Weekly Eleven News, Dominique Gerbaud and Plantu.http://en.rsf.org/reporters-wiSyrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat takes a call from his art gallery in Damascus, though he now lives in Kuwait.ReutersFrench actor Richard Bohringer accepts the Press Freedom Prize for journalist of the year on behalf of Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat.http://en.rsf.org/reporters-wiThe French cartoonist Plantu pays tribute to his Syrian counterpart, Ali Ferzat.http://en.rsf.org/reporters-wiMembers of the Burmese Weekly Eleven News team receive the Press Freedom Prize for media of the year.http://en.rsf.org/reporters-wi
The Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was named journalist of the year at the 2011 Press Freedom Prize awards ceremony in Paris.
The awards, jointly sponsored by the organisation Reporters Without Borders and the French newspaper Le Monde, also named the Burmese newspaper Weekly Eleven News as media of the year.
The Press Freedom Prize was originally created by Reporters Without Borders in 1992. Le Monde became a partner this year and TV5Monde also supported the prestigious event.
Since its inception, nearly 40 men, women, news media and NGOs have received the prize as a tribute to their commitment towards a freer society where independent media can have a voice.
