AIPS Sport Media Awards 2024: Shortlists for Young Reporter categories

The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlists for the Young Reporter categories; Broadcasting, Photography and Writing.

Find out more about the judging stages HERE.

Below are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:

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YOUNG REPORTERS – BROADCASTING 

Thomas Rathgeb (Austria), Striving for the Perfect Shot – ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) 

Qingyin Li (China), Liu Runlong: The One-Armed Runner Who Thrives Through Running  – China Media Group  

Podé Marcos Boué (Côte d’Ivoire), At the heart of taekwondo clubs – RTI (Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne)  

Nana Ama Agyemang (Ghana), The Ali Jarra story – EIB Network Ghana

Joseph Ayinga-Walter (Ghana), Riches To Rags: The story of former Ghana Premier League star, Eric Agyemang  – Multimedia Groups Limited

Stephen Keter (Kenya), Seeing double: Two sets of twins competing in different sports – Nation Media Group 

Eric Njiru (Kenya), Inside AFCON 2023 – Radio Africa Group 

Tracy Onchoke (Kenya), Stuck in Overtime: Karatu Stadium’s Costly Delay – Africa Uncensored 

Eugene Goh (Singapore), No Brake With Age – Nanyang Technological University 

José Miguélez Vieco (Spain), Because there are memories that not even Alzheimer’s can erase – Movistar Plus+ 

Pierre Pillet (Switzerland), Elise Chabbey, unwavering support  – Léman Bleu

Lauren Lewis (UK), Road to Utica – At The Face 

Cosmas Mulenga (Zambia), Ageless warriors: Zambia’s yasa grannies defy age through sport  – Diamond TV

YOUNG REPORTERS – PHOTOGRAPHY

Eric Wu (Australia), Unbreakable Focus – Eric Wu 

Yuri Laurindo (Brazil), Blood, Pain and Passion – A Embaixada 

Luiza Moraes (Brazil), Ball at the Rings  – Time Brasil 

Georgi Todorov (Bulgaria), Fire & Fury during pit stop – Gruppe C Photography 

Sameer Al-doumy (France), Olympic Pulse  – Agence France-Presse (AFP) 

Jani Martin (Hungary), A goal from behind – Fotoplus 

Anna Szilágyi (Hungary), Champion – EPA Images 

Mattia Ozbot (Italy), Mondo World Record – World Athletics 

Ieva Želvytė (Lithuania), Aerial acrobatics performance  – Lithuanian Sports Journalists’ Union 

Blaise Paulhene Rellata (Philippines), Eyes on the Prize  – Blaise Paulhene Rellata 

Ricardo Hernández (Spain), San Valentine’s Kick-kiss  – Mundotaekwondo.com 

Daniel Meumann Sanz (Spain), Tadej Pogačar conquers Port Ainé – Volta a Catalunya 

Mohammed Ahmed (Yemen), Violent interference – Mohammed Ahmed 

Radwan Nasser (Yemen), Features of death – Radwan Nasser 

YOUNG REPORTERS – WRITING

Saeedullah Safi (Afghanistan), The cycling sisters defying the Taliban to compete in the Paris Olympics  – The Afghan Times 

Camila Alves (Brazil), “My coach tried to kiss me”: unprecedented survey reveals cases of harassment in women’s football – Globo 

Thibault Le Besne (France), Paralympics slalom between cheating and cover-up – Slate.fr 

Louis Boulay (France), Park Si-Hun : “My life would have been better with the silver medal” – L’Equipe   

Sanket Jain (India), How an Indian farmer uses sports to save girls from early marriage – Devex   

Neel Shelat (India), Dawn of the White Wolves – SCOUTED Notebook 

Mohammadamin Shahsavari (Iran), The lost screams in Iran’s stadiums! – ISNA 

Gabriele Ragnini (Italy), From racket to weapons in trench: the war of Dolgopolov  – ZetaLuiss 

Meshack Kisenge (Kenya), The amazing transformation of ex-footballer Joseph Kinyanjui – from an armed gangster to a crime and drug abuse fighter – Mozzart Sport Kenya 

Anushe Engineer (Pakistan), It’s all or nothing for Arshad Nadeem in Paris – Dawn Media Group

Jamie Haro (Papua New Guinea), After a serious rugby league injury, Dorna Longbut is making her mark in para-sport  – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 

Lucijan Zalokar (Slovenia), From “a car without fuel” to a world record holder – Delo  

Pablo Muñoz (Spain), The Palestinian footballer who is a political refugee in Spain: ‘We came out from under the rubble and continued with our dreams’ – Relevo

Chloe Merrell (UK), Paris 2024 Olympics – Boyd Martin returns to the Olympic stage, ready to deliver emotional tribute – Olympics.com 

Issy Ronald (UK), For even the most successful Olympians, life after the Games can be like ‘going down that cliff’ – CNN.

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