Two journalistic series published by HotNews were awarded on Wednesday evening during the 15th edition of the Superscrieri Awards.
- In the Feature Writing section, journalists Elena Stancu and Cosmin Bumbuț took 2nd place, with the series “Boiler in Corcova, painter in Brussels” published by Teleleu.eu and HotNews.
- In the Thematic Journalism section, journalist Iulia Hau received the 3rd prize with the series about Asian workers in Romania published by HotNews and Snoop
- The investigative website Snoop, partner of HotNews, took first place in the same section, with the series about party money written by journalist Cristian Andrei.
- Medeea Stan, from Snoop, won the prize from Humane World for Animals, for the investigation “Euthanasia as a business: tens of thousands of dogs killed for millions of euros, public money, under the eyes of the authorities”.
The Recorder editorial office was the big winner of the 15th edition of the Superscrieri Awards organized by the Friends for Friends Foundation (FFFF), on Wednesday evening, at the Diplomatic Club in Bucharest.
Recorder won the Superwriting of the Year award for last year's documentary “Captured Justice” made by Andreea Pocotilă and Mihai Voinea.
The Recorder also received the Newsroom of the Year award.
Tribute to a mentor
During the gala, an honorary award was given to Daniel Condurache, a professor from Iași, who was a mentor for entire generations of journalists and worked and managed the most important publication-school of university press – Opinia Studențeasca – for almost 50 years.
Who was part of the jury
This year's Superscrieri Awards jury, chaired by HotNews editorial director Dan Duca, includes journalists Alina Matiș (Recorder), Alina Radu (Garde Newspaper – Republic of Moldova), Cătălin Striblea – Europa Fm, Codruța Simina (Misereport and Public Record), Cristian Leonte (PRO TV), Daniel Condurache, Emilia Șercan (Pressone), Dragoș Pătraru (State of the Nation), Irina Păcurariu (TVR), Marian Voicu (TVR and Veridica), Marius Comper (NewsNow.co.uk), Mihai Ghiduc (Mindcraft Academy), Mona Dîrțu (Pressone), Oana Giurgiu (TIFF), Paul Radu (OCCRP), Paula Herlo (PRO TV), Robert Schwartz (Radio Romania Current Affairs), Tudor Mușat (Euronews). The Civic Influencers jury included Monica Jitariuc, Diana Filimon and Cătălin Moise.
Full list of awards
JOURNALISTIC DEBUT
PLACE 1 Hidden Camera Investigation. How easily you can become a driving instructor in Romania – Gabriel Nicolae, material created in a team with David Muntean (Recorder)
2ND PLACE Road to school with a stop at sports betting – Raluca Cristea (School 9)
PLACE 3 The right to shade: the lack of green spaces is becoming a matter of life and death in Bucharest – Anamaria Sandu (Mindcraft Stories)
PLACE 3 Regii din Sinaia: common spaces in Beniamin Gonț's buildings, sold as luxury apartments. New real estate boom in the mountain resort where the mayor is accused of buying his castle with bribe money – Luiza Popovici (PressOne)
LOCAL PRESS
1ST PLACE series Who is George Simion – Răzvan Moldoveanu (Reporter from Iasi)
2ND PLACE “Negoita Circuit”. How one of the newest boulevards in the Capital was broken – Florin Râșteiu (reporter and editor), Răzvan Chiruță (reporter), Cătălin Doscaș (editor) (Buletin de Bucharest)
PLACE 3 Shattered Souls: What Can Adults Do When the World Comes Down on Kids? – Edit Éva Pál (Átlátszó Erdély)
FEATURE WRITING
1ST PLACE The black fox of the war in Ukraine – Polina Cupcea (People and Kilometers)
2ND PLACE Boilermaker in Corcova, painter in Brussels – Elena Stancu, Cosmin Bumbuț (Teleleu & HotNews)
2ND PLACE Why we fail to consolidate Bucharest until the earthquake – Vlad Odobescu, photos by Ioana Cîrlig (Scene9)
PLACE 3 Thirsty villages, privileged cities. An announced groundwater crisis accentuates the inequalities between rural and urban areas in Moldova – Adina Florea, Cosmin Filișan (photo) (Scena9)
TV&VIDEO-JOURNALISM
1ST PLACE series Digital Army of the Kremlin – Natalia Zaharescu, Măriuța Nistor: text editor: Victor Moșneag, video editor: Anatolie Eșanu, editor: Andrei Muntean (Ziarul de Gardă)
1ST PLACE The largest ghost company, validated by ANAF – Alex Nedea (Recorder)
2ND PLACE Trained to make chaos series – Malvina Cojocari (WITH MEANING)
PLACE 3 Alone. The endless nightmare of abandoned children – Diana Meseșan, Mihai Voinea, Cristian Delcea (Recorder)
INVESTIGATION
1ST PLACE Captured justice – Andreea Pocotilă, Mihai Voinea (Recorder)
2ND PLACE series Digital Army of the Kremlin – Natalia Zaharescu, Măriuța Nistor (Ziarul de Gardă)
PLACE 3 The Romanian state trains top fighters from Horațiu Potra's private army in three elite units of the MApN. PressOne sources: “It's a hemorrhage” – Bianca Felseghi, Răzvan Filip (PressOne)
THEMATIC JOURNALISM
1ST PLACE series Party money – Cristian Andrei (Snoop) / field: political
2ND PLACE SEISM podcast – Andrei Popoviciu (Scena9) / domain: social
3RD PLACE series about the Praid disaster – Bianca Felseghi (PressOne) / field: medium
3RD PLACE series about Asian workers in Romania – Iulia Hau (Snoop & HotNews) / domain: social (theme about economic migration in Romania)
INTERVIEW
1ST PLACE is divided: Judge Daniela Panioglu, after the Recorder report: Abandon hope, it's a controlled system – Vitalie Cojocari (Euronews Romania)
1ST PLACE Răzvan Rădulescu: “I don't want to make cinema anymore. I feel that this world is no longer mine” – Anca Vancu (Scene 9)
2ND PLACE Writer Mikhail Shishkin: “Russia can no longer be saved. Our responsibility is to save culture.” – Alexandra Tănăsescu (Culture in a van)
3RD PLACE Teenagers without adolescence in Pirita have school and dream far away, but for that they need chances – Oana Moisil (Meandre newsletter)
INNOVATION
PLACE 1 A journey through Cosmos, departing from Bârlad – Ionuț Sociu; photographer: Ioana Cîrlig; multimedia installations: Augmented Space Agency; editor: Andra Matzal (Scena9) – artistic and technological component designed around the reportage
2ND PLACE “What we hide: Magazine – Exhibition – Conversations” – Scena9 & Residence9 – multidisciplinary exhibition, designed as an extension of the printed publication “Scena9”, accompanied by a program of events for the general public
3RD PLACE Abortion on TikTok – Denisa Sandu, Radu Mihai (School 9) – creating a program that downloaded and transcribed TikTok clips of the anti-abortion movements in Romania and the lexical-semantic analysis with AI-NLP applications and an LLM model
SUPERWRITING OF THE YEAR – Captured Justice – Recorder
JURY PRIZE – The Romanian state trains the top fighters from Horațiu Potra's private army in three elite units of the MApN. PressOne sources: “It's a hemorrhage” – Bianca Felseghi, Răzvan Filip (PressOne)
HONORARY AWARDS
Newsroom of the Year: Recorder
Editor of the Year: Alexandra Tănăsescu
Non-fiction book: Economy, corruption and politics in Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania – Cosmin Popa
Explanatory Journalism: The observation sheet, Sorana Stănescu
Awards for the entire activity: Free Europe Romania, Panorama, Mindcraft Stories
International Reporting: Andrei Popoviciu
Awards for Anti-Disinformation: Iulia Stănoiu, Victor Ilie, Matei Vrabie
