GMA News wins three medals in 2012 New York fest
GMA News and Public Affairs won three Silver World Medals and six Finalist Certificates at the prestigious 2012 New York Festivals Television and Film Awards on April 17 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
I-witness’ Lapnos (Burn) episode won the Silver World Medal for the Social Issues and Current Events category, while GMA News TV’S Front Row brought home two Silver World Medals—one for the Social Issues category for its Yaman sa Basura (Child Urban Miners) episode and another one for the Biography/ Profiles category for the documentary program’s
Bente Dos (Twenty-two) episode. I-witness’ Lapnos gives viewers a glimpse inside the burn unit of the Mindanao Burn Center in Davao City. Here, Peabody Award winner Jay Taruc learns about the victims’ individual—at times, harrowing—stories.
Front Row’s Yaman Sa Basura tells the story of twin boys risking life and limb working in an urban mine to help their family. Bente Dos (Twenty-two), on the other hand, narrates the life of a couple living in Manila’s
slums, together with their children—all 22 of them.
These GMA entries also brought home Finalist Certificates: the I-witness episode on compressor mining presented by Peabody award-winning journalist Kara David dubbed Gintong Putik; the GMA special that delved deep into the current situation of the country’s education system in Report Card; and Born To Be Wild’s The Born Expeditions Finale: The Monster of Mae Klong and The
Great White Shark where, in the presence of a Philippine wildlife team, a world breakthrough in sting ray research was documented on video.
Also taking Finalist Certificates were its historical docudrama tracing the evolution of Dr. Jose Rizal’s writings, Pluma: Si Rizal, Ang Dakilang Manunulat (Rizal, The Great Writer); and two Reel Time episodes— Lusong and Tira. Lusong (Live to Dive) tells the story of a father and his son’s race to earn enough money through diving, while Tira (Infected) narrates the alarming cases of young teens suffering from sexually transmitted diseases.