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Pictures of the year International
Mexico's drug war is more than an armed conflict. It is a humanitarian crisis that has changed the lives of countless innocent people. Children become forever scarred by a childhood engulfed with violence, death and insecurity. Here, a girl watches as an ambulance drives by in the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez. (Photos from Katie Orlinsky's project proposal "Innocence Assassinated: Living in Mexico's Drug War © Katie Orlinsky
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Date of creation : 1944
Provision : 10.000€
Object : Pictures of the year International is the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism program in the world. POYi began as an annual competition for photojournalism in 1944, and is now an international professional development program for visual journalism. POYi is a non-profit, academic program dedicated to journalism education and professional development, and affiliated with the Missouri School of Journalism. POYi’s mission is to honor and promote the work of documentary photographers, magazine, newspaper, and freelance photojournalists. Through a variety of programs, POYi works to extend the reach of photojournalists and engage citizens worldwide with their images, and demonstrates the role of visual journalists in a free press.
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Pictures Of The Year International
315 Reynolds Journalism Institute
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Phone. 573-884-2188
e-mail: info@poyi.org
Laureate 2011 : Katie Orlinsky
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