Cuban blogger wins Columbia U. award

Cuban blogger wins Columbia U. award

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez (see previous item) on Monday Medal2 won one
of four Maria Moors Cabot Awards presented yearly by Columbia
University's Graduate School of Journalism for the best writing from and
about Latin America.
Columbia's announcement said that Sánchez's blog, Generación Y, "is a
perfect mix of personal observations and profound analyses that
illustrate, better than anything, what daily life -- with all its
frustrations and hopes -- is for Cubans on the island."
Sánchez has used the Internet with extraordinary ability to allow the
world "to stay in touch with Cuba, at least digitally," the announcement
said.
"I feel especially honored by this award, knowing that it comes from one
of the world's most prominent schools of journalism," Sánchez told El
Nuevo Herald by phone.
The other winners are Anthony de Palma of The New York Times;
Christopher Hawley of USA Today and The Arizona Republic; and Merval
Pereira, columnist for the Brazilian newspaper O Globo. The awards will
be presented Oct. 14.

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