The 4th International Journalism Award "Raccontami l’Umbria - Stories on Umbria”, conceived and organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Perugia in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Terni, reached its final phase.

The winners have been announced on 27 April in Perugia, as part of the International Festival of Journalism.

 

 

The President of the Jury of “Stories on Umbria”, the journalist and writer Bruno Gambacorta explained: “The growing number of participants in the Award is a source of great satisfaction. This year we collected 59 entries. But what really pleased us is the professional calibre of the authors, the prestige of the media outlets represented - newspapers, television and Web - and the quality of the work submitted. The choice was not easy, which makes us all the more pleased”.

 

 

The three finalists selected in each category for the “Stories on Umbria” Award were:

 

Federica Botta (Italy) from “Itinerari e Luoghi”, for the article “Tesori da scoprire”;

Nell Casey (USA) from the “New York Times”, for the report “Frescoes and Folklore in an Umbrian Town”;

Alessandra Mammì (Italy) from “L’Espresso” for the article “Sulle ali dell’Utopia”.

 

 

Gamer Bautdinov (Russia) from senator.senat.org, from the report “L’Umbria: dal passato al presente”;

Edward Alexander Berger (Denmark) from virtualwayfarer.com. for the article “The Fortress city – Orvieto, Umbria” 

Lee Marshall (Great Britain) from Telegraph.co.uk for the article “Umbria’s medieval hill towns: Spello, Montefalco and Bevagna.

 

 

Cristina Erbetta (Italy) from RAI Storia with the report “La città dell’acciaio”:

Marco Hagge (Italy) BellItalia – RaiTre, for the report “Un mondo fatto a scale”;

Patrizio Roversi and Susy Blady (Italy) for the report on Slow Tour - Rete4 “Le acque dell’Umbria”.

 

 

 

The winners of the 4th “Stories on Umbria” are:

 

 

For the Print Category:  

Nell Casey (USA) from the “New York Times”, for the report “Frescoes and Folklore in an Umbrian Town”

 

 

 

 

Gamer Bautdinov (Russia) from senator.senat.org, from the report “L’Umbria: dal passato al presente”;

 

 

 

 

 

Marco Hagge (Italy) BellItalia – RaiTre, for the report “Un mondo fatto a scale”

 

 

 

 

 

The 2013 "Stories on Umbria" accepted 59 entries from journalists, web writers, reporters, authors and producers of television features from 10 countries: Italy, Great Britain, USA, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Australia, Russia , Denmark, China, Mali.

 

"In just five years Stories on Umbria has managed to attract the attention of journalists working for newspapers around the world”, said the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Perugia Giorgio Mencaroni. "This is the type of communication that Umbria needs: attentive, stylish, able to analyse and bring to light the many gems that adorn our land. Every article, every television news feature and every report that is part of “Stories on Umbria” is a little story about our culture, our art, the environment, the way we live and do business”.

 

President Mencaroni also wanted to emphasise the importance of the link between the Chamber of Commerce and the International Journalism Festival. "For this year’s award, the Chamber will be present from the first day of the Festival, also because various initiatives on the programme will be held at the G. Alessi  Chamber Service Centre on Via Mazzini – a space given back to the city through a project spearheaded and funded by the Chamber. For the entire duration of the Festival, some of Umbria’s finest traditional food products will be presented to the public”.