International grand slam for Swedish Radio's investigative journalists
Swedish Radio's investigative reporters and documentary makers are attracting great success internationally. Daniel Velasco has been awarded the IRE's 2014 prize in the radio category for his documentary suite "The Girl Who Got Tied Down". This award is considered the world's top prize for investigative journalism. He also wins the Grand Award in the New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programmes and Gold in the category "Social Issues".
Collage: Daniel Velasco and Ylva Lindgren, Hugo Lavett, Lotten Collin and Daniel Öhman. Photograph: Mattias Ahlm/Swedish Radio, Maja Lavett and Johan Ljungström/Swedish Radio
In addition, Hugo Lavett wins silver at the New York Festivals (NYF) for best narrator for the documentary "Woman Found Dead By Lake Shore". Daniel Öhman and Lotten Collin win bronze for "Killed By Drone" at the NYF in the investigative reportage category.
"It is wonderful that the story about Nora has now received more international recognition. But perhaps it also shows that the issue of vulnerable young people hasn't received sufficient attention and that the need for better care for young people is a global issue", says Daniel Velasco who along with Daniel Öhman and Hugo Lavett is in the USA to receive the prizes.
The documentary "The Girl Who Got Tied Down" has been awarded the international Prix Europa and Prix Bohemia and the Swedish Grand Radio award in the categories Radio Programme of the Year, Reportage of the Year and the Golden Spade. The programme has also been nominated for the Swedish Grand Journalism Prize.
"It gives me great pleasure to congratulate all of our prize winners whose amazing work led to these successes. And naturally as Director General, I'm also very proud. Swedish Radio believes that investigative journalism is enormously important. As a public service broadcaster, we invest significant resources in illuminating and highlighting issues that otherwise would not have been examined, and the fact that our employees are considered to be producing world class material shows once again that we have chosen the right direction", says Swedish Radio's Director General, Cilla Benkö.
The IRE jury's verdict:
http://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/2013-ire-award-winners/
Listen to the documentaries here and feel free to embed the Swedish Radio player on your website – click on the share feature in the player and you will find the necessary link:
The Girl Who Got Tied Down, Part 1
http://t.sr.se/1glGl5t
The Girl Who Got Tied Down, Part 2
http://t.sr.se/NytkvV
Woman Found Dead By Lake Shore
http://t.sr.se/1glFwJX
Killed By Drone
http://t.sr.se/1dXBRRg
About IRE
Investigative Reporters and Editors is a non-profit organisation whose goal is to improve the quality of investigative journalism. IRE was formed in 1975.
Daniel Velasco
Daniel Velasco has worked at Swedish Radio since 1999, and since 2004 has been an investigative reporter on Ekot – Swedish Radio news department. Daniel Velasco has made several acclaimed documentaries. The documentary "The Girl Who Got Tied Down" has been awarded the Prix Europa, the Swedish Grand Radio award in the categories Radio Programme of the Year, Reportage of the Year, the Golden Spade and the Prix Bohemia. The programme has also been nominated for the Swedish Grand Journalism award.
Press images
Collage: Daniel Velasco and Ylva Lindgren. Photograph: Mattias Ahlm/Swedish Radio. Hugo Lavett. Photograph: Maja Lavett. Lotten Collin. Photograph: Mattias Ahlm/Swedish Radio. Daniel Öhman. Photograph: Johan Ljungström/Swedish Radio
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Daniel Velasco and Ylva Lindgren. Photograph: Mattias Ahlm/Swedish Radio
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Daniel Öhman. Photograph: Johan Ljungström/Swedish Radio
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Lotten Collin. Photograph: Mattias Ahlm/Swedish Radio
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Hugo Lavett. Photograph: Maja Lavett
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