Aleksei Venediktov is one of Russia’s best known journalists and a staunch defender of free speech. He serves as editor-in-chief of the national radio station Echo of Moscow (Ekho Moskvi), and as the host of several of its programs. The station is one of the few in Russia that provides independent news and openly criticizes government officials and policy. Venediktov can often be heard on the air, posing the hard questions that few others dare to ask.
Award name: The Artyom Borovik Award
The Artyom Borovik Award 2006
For outstanding reporting by a Russian journalist who displays courage, insight, and independence of thought During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Major Izmailov commanded a battalion. Now a reporter for one of Russia’s last bastions of the free press, the Moscow newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, Izmailov has written an authoritative column on Russian military affairs. No…
The Artyom Borovik Award 2005
Educated as a laywer, Marina is the host of Budni (weekdays), a TV news program that focuses on how ordinary Russians are finding their way in modern Russia. Marina travels widely in the cold backwoods of Siberia, pushing her lens into lives of those abandoned by the state, those suffering from Russiaís wild gamble on ruthless capitalism, and those involved in group criminal activity.
The Artyom Borovik Award 2004
For outstanding reporting by a Russian journalist who displays courage, insight, balanced yet aggressive reporting, and independence of thought AWARD YEAR: 2004 AWARD NAME: The Artyom Borovik Award 2004 RECIPIENT: Dmitri Beliakov AFFILIATION: Bratishka, Special Forces Magazine; Also Paris Match, Stern, The Sunday Times And International Herald Tribune HONORED WORK: “Beslan” Photojournalist Beliakov’s sensitive eye…
The Artyom Borovik Award 2003
For outstanding reporting by a Russian journalist who displays courage, insight, balanced yet aggressive reporting, and independence of thought YEAR: 2003 AWARD NAME: The Artyom Borovik Award 2003 RECIPIENT: Natalya Merkulova-Shindyaeva AFFILIATION: Creative Group KA-Film for TV Angara HONORED WORK: “The Cage” Merkulova and her colleagues Andrei Kaminsky and Ekaterina Bazhenova profiled the heartbreaking conditions faced…
The Artyom Borovik Award 2002
For outstanding reporting by a Russian journalist who displays courage, insight, balanced yet aggressive reporting, and independence of thought AWARD YEAR: 2002 AWARD NAME: The Artyom Borovik Award 2002 RECIPIENT: Mikhail Krikunenko AFFILIATION: N1V HONORED WORK: “Merchants of Death” The war in Chechnya is rife with bitter ironies, but nothing rankles the Russian public more…
The Artyom Borovik Award 2001
For outstanding reporting by a Russian journalist who displays courage, insight, balanced yet aggressive reporting, and independence of thought AWARD YEAR: 2001 AWARD NAME: The Artyom Borovik Award 2001 RECIPIENT: Vitaly Cherkasov AFFILIATION: Effekt HONORED WORK: Investigative Reporting on Crime, Corruption, and Injustice in the far eastern region of Chita Kids who bullied and targeted…
The Artyom Borovik Award 2000
IN MARCH 1999, A LEGEND OF RUSSIAN JOURNALISM died tragically in a plane crash. His name was Artyom Borovik and he was a familiar figure to regular U.S. viewers of the television magazine 60 Minutes. Borovik made several appearances on the show in the 1990s, helping to expose the foibles, corruption, and policy mistakes of…