Friday, June 24, 2005
Sun.Star gets ‘Newspaper of the Year’ title
SUN.STAR has been voted Newspaper of the Year in the Rotary Club of Manila National Journalism Awards.
Gina G. Atienza, Sun.Star Cebu executive publisher, yesterday received the award at the club’s special meeting at Shangri-La Makati.
This is the third award for Sun.Star from the Rotary Club of Manila.
Sun.Star Cebu was adjudged Regional Newspaper of the Year in 1990 and 2003, awarded in 1991 and 2004, respectively.
Juan L. Mercado of Philippine Daily Inquirer, who also writes for Sun.Star Cebu, shared the award of Opinion Writer of the Year with Jarius Bondoc of Philippine Star. Another Cebu publication, the Cebu Daily News, was voted Regional Newspaper of the Year.
This year, Sun.Star gets the Newspaper of the Year award.
Pachico A. Seares, Sun.Star Cebu editor-in-chief, said this is a first for a tabloid size publication format and a first for a non-Manila-based news organization to win the title. Seares also attended the ceremony with Sunman general manager Ed Reyes.
Sun.Star, the Rotary citation said, established a national presence by grouping community newspapers. Flagship publication Sun.Star Cebu, the citation added, typifies Sun.Star’s “editorial excellence and independence, digital craftsmanship, popular appeal and social responsibility.”
Sun.Star’s network of community newspapers, the first and only one in the country, is the brainchild of Sun.Star president Jesus B. Garcia Jr.
Mrs. Atienza, in accepting the award, said Sun.Star “derives inspirations from the integrity and independence of its flagship paper Sun.Star Cebu, without losing focus of its original vision, which is to build communities by respecting the uniqueness and articulating the common aspirations of every community where its paper is published.”
Other winners this year:
— DWIZ-AM, Aliw Broadcasting Corp., Radio Station of the Year;
— Jose Taruc, DZRH- AM, Manila Broadcasting Corp., Broadcast Journalist of the Year for Radio;
— Kara Patria C. David , GMA-7, Investigative Reporter of the Year;
— Kristin Karen Davila, ABS-CBN, Broadcast Journalist of the Year for Television;
— Reynante M. Langit, BWIZ-AM, Hall of Fame awardee;
— Reyster Langit, “Kasanga mo ang Langit,” posthumous award.
The judges for the print category were: Rodolfo Reyes, chairman; Calixto Chikiamco, Mitos Comahort, Alice Colet-Villadolid and Jose Favia, members.
(June 24, 2005 issue)
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