Nimri and Al Natour Win Human Rights Reporting Award

1 October 2015<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Nadine Nimri from AlGhad daily newspaper and Ezzedine Al Natour from Amman Net won the Human Rights Reporting Award for print and online media respectively. The prizes, a laptop and professional camera were presented to the winners at a ceremony at Jordan Media Institute (JMI) on Thursday, 1 October and was attended by several journalists and representatives of JMI partners.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Nimri&rsquo;s investigative report on abandoned infants <a href="http://alghad.com/articles/865678-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B6%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%84%D9%87%D9%85?search=%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A"><span dir="RTL">الأطفال اللقطاء ضحايا لا صوت لهم</span></a> <strong>was entitled &ldquo;Abandoned Children, Voiceless Victims.&rdquo; Addressing the ceremony, Nimri said the report was one of three on child rights, noting that she faced many challenges while working on it, especially obtaining facts and figures about the number of abandoned children. She also said that she was criticized for addressing the issue and speaking on behalf of these children and was even accused of promoting vice. &nbsp;Nimri, who attended workshops at JMI, thanked the institute for the opportunity to learn data journalism and infographs which she used in her report. </strong><br /> &nbsp;<br /> <strong>Al Natour&rsquo;s winning online report on capital punishment </strong><a href="http://ar.ammannet.net/news/241634"><span dir="RTL">الإعدام بعد الحبس ... عقوبتان لجريمة واحدة</span></a><strong> was entitled &ldquo;Hanging after Detention &hellip; two punishments for a Single Crime&rdquo;. He said he also faced a problem getting access to prisoners on death row, but was very proud of his work and the invaluable experience he gained working on the report. </strong><br /> &nbsp;<br /> The award, the first of its kind in Jordan, was the culmination of a two-year partnership between JMI and Canada&rsquo;s Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) under the project &ldquo;Expanding Public Dialogue on Human Rights Issues&rdquo; which is supported by the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative and the United Nations Democracy Fund. Other local partners of the project included Center for Defending the Freedom of Journalists and Community Media Network. &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Also addressing the event were JMI Dean, Dr. Basim Tweissi and JHR&rsquo;s Executive Director Rachel Pulfer who participated through a video message and expressed hope that the award would pave the way for many more in order to encourage better and more informed coverage of human rights issues. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> Tweissi said the award was aimed at strengthening the media sector and expanding public dialogue on human rights. It also sought to expand the skills of journalists and journalism students in human rights reporting and data journalism. He noted that through the project with JHR, 15 workshops were organized on human rights reporting and the use of innovative tools such as data journalism. He added that more than 200 journalists, journalism students and representatives of civil society participated in the workshops. Tweissi also noted that JMI was also due to launch another media award on child rights with UNICEF.<br /> &nbsp;