Winners Gallery
FIRST PLACE
Journalist: Nikolai Johann Earle
Media Outlet: Stabroek News - Georgetown
Publication Date: April 2005
: Jaguars vulnerable to trophy trade
Joined the Stabroek News in October 2002 after several years of
working as a freelance writer. Has covered Parliament, fiscal and
financial management, accountability in Government, the finance
sector (national budget, loan and grant aid from MFIs and IFIs),
sustainable development, forestry, mining and business news. He is
a sportbike enthusiast, a fanatic of motor racing and a lover of
reggae music.
SECOND PLACE
Journalist: Neil Marks
Media Outlet: Guyana Chronicle - Georgetown
Publication Date: March 2005
After leaving school in 1988, he worked as a reporter at MBC
television in Georgetown After this he joined MTV as reporter where
he worked 3 years. Currently Neil is a freelance journalist and
contributes to the Guyana Chronicle and Guyana entertainment
magazine.
THIRD PLACE
Journalist: Nicosia Smith
Media Outlet: Stabroek News - Georgetown
Publication Date: February 2005
: Balancing nature preservation with human needs
Nicosia Smith was born in Guyana on the Essequio Coast, the second
of Guyana's 10 regions. Se received her education from the
University of Guyana and the University of the Virgin Islands,
USVI. She is currently the business reporter at Stabroek News, a
daily newspaper located in the capital city of Georgetown. Before,
working at Stabroek News she reported for the St. Croix Avis based
in the USVI and was an intern at TV2 also in the USVI.
