Cebu Archdiocese hands out annual media awards
August 24, 2009 9:45 am
CEBU CITY, Aug. 24 – The Cebu Archdiocese on Sunday night announced the winners in the Cebu Archdiocesan Mass Media Awards (CAMMA) in awarding ceremonies held at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) at the Mandaue City reclamation area.
Sun.Star Cebu won the Best in Special Report Writing award for “Squatters in the City,” by editors Cherry Ann T. Lim, Liberty A. Pinili and Mayette Q. Tabada and reporters Rene H. Martel, Linette C. Ramos and Elisabeth P. Baumgart.
Sun.Star Cebu reporter Nancy R. Cudis won the Best in News Writing award.
Other winners in the print category are The Freeman for Best in Column Writing for Fr. Roy Cimagala and best in Feature Writing for Archie Modequillo.
Cebu Daily News won the awards for Best in Editorial Writing and Best in Editorial Cartooning.
In the tabloid category, Sun.Star SuperBalita won Best in Editorial Writing, Best in Editorial Commentary by columnist Bobby Nalazaro, Best in Editorial Reporting by the Children’s in Editorial Cartooning.
Banat News won Best in Investigative Reporting for Edwin Ian Melecio and best in Tabloid Reporting for Elias Bolonos.
Sun.Star online publication also won for the Sun.Star Network Exchange the Best Corporate Website award. The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. won the Best Institutional Website award.
In the radio category, the Best Public Affairs Program is Super Bobby Nalzaro on Board for GMA 7’s DYSS.
Awards for Best TV magazine program and Best TV News Program went to ABS-CBN’s Maayong Buntag Kapamilya and TV Patrol Central VIsayas, respectively.
Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said the Camma aims to showcase “the practice of the delivery of the truth.”
Quoting Pope Benedict XVI, he urged the media to use the medium not only to promote “a global village of neighbors, but of brothers and sisters.”
He highlighted the power of new media in society, so that even resolutions are no longer done by propaganda alone, but by messages passed on through texting.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, who was the keynote speaker, warned against the use of technology to promote chaos instead of promoting dialogue and friendship.
The four-hour awarding ceremony was attended by media personalities, church officials and members of the academe.
The audience was entertained by performances from Cebuano world-class talents, like singer Izarsuri Vidal, the Mandaue City Children’s Choir and the University of the Visayas chorale. (PNA) LAP/EB/ad
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