Continental rankings unveiled: Meet the best performers in The Americas


  • June 21, 2022

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LAUSANNE, June 21, 2022 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are proud to announce the continental rankings for The Americas. To know more about the continental rankings, click here.

AUDIO

1. Emiliano Nunia (Argentina), Valentí Guardiola: The builder dad who never imagined to have a son like Pep - Radio Villa Trinidad
2. Sebastián Moreira (Uruguay), Streaming overdose: The Olympics - Spotify
3. Milena Gimon (Venezuela), Betting in the world of tennis - Spotify
4. Javier Hernández Bonnet (Colombia), Diego died, football died - Blu Radio
5. Rodrigo Vera (Chile), La furia del Loco - Emisor Podcasting
6. Brian Pinelli (USA), IPC President Andrew Parsons on the immense challenges and sleepless nights of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Infobae - Around the Rings
7. Katya López (Mexico), It happened on the Olympus - Heraldo Media Group
8. Oscar Buch (Chile), AD10S - Spotify
9. Jaime Olando Pulido (Colombia), From here I get up  - RCN Radio
10. Neil Amato (USA), 1-2-3 Wildcats Episode 6: Chris - 1-2-3 Wildcats

PHOTOGRAPHY SPORT ACTION

1. André Durão (Brazil), Sure kick - Globoesporte.com
2. Luis Robayo (Colombia), Boxing - AFP
3. Kevin c. Cox (USA), Perpendicular pylon dive - Getty Images
4. German Garcia Adrasti (Argentina), Surrounded - Clarin / Olé
5. Patrick Smith (USA), Swoosh - Getty Images
6. Antonio Lacerda (Brazil), Friends - Irishmirror.ie
7. Miguel Gutierrez (Venezuela), Flying over the sea - Agencia EFE
7. Yuri Cortez (El Salvador), Olympic rings -AFP
9. Jewel Samad (USA), Flying finish - AFP
10. Nicolás Pereyra (Uruguay), Goles son amores - Goals are loves - El País
10. Sebastian Dominguez (Bolivia), Eye-sun contact - Dominguez Photo Video
10. Al Bello (USA), The Harder They Fall - Getty Images

PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO

1. Ueslei Marcelino (Brazil), Taste of golden - Reuters
2. Patrick Smith (USA), Tokyo 2021 - Getty Images
3. Al Bello (USA), Tokyo Olympics, Aquatics - Getty Images
4. Ezra Shaw (USA), The American Blade Runner - Getty Images
5. Luciano Bisbal (Argentina), Tribute to Diego Armando Maradona in Rosario - Getty Images
6. Luiza Moraes (Brazil), Aquatic sports portraits - Photoslulu.46graus.com
7. Miguel Gutiérrez (Venezuela), Dystopian Olympians - Agencia EFE
8. Germán Páez (Argentina), Sports Portfolio 2021 - Facebook / Instagram /Twitter
9. Luis Henry Agudelo Cano (Colombia), Skating races have to be a "Virus" to become an Olympic - Facebook  
10. André Borges (Brazil), Break for living - AFP

VIDEO ATHLETE PROFILE

1. William Moss (USA), My pursuit: Life, legacy & Jordan Burroughs - Peacock
2. Decker Jackie, Mullen Tim (USA), My name is Ada Hegerberg - ESPN
3. Cory Mull (USA), Caitlin Little: Fifteen forever - MileSplit USA
4. Brock Boot (Canada), The drill | E21: Unanimous - Edmonton Oilers
5. Gustavo Ramirez (Mexico), Paula Pareto - Judo Argentina
6. Andres Nieto Serpa (Colombia), Maria Del Rosario Espinoza - Taekwondo Mexico
7. Maria Eugenia Mastri (Argentina), Santiago Lange: A life in the water to attain Olympic glory - La Voz del Interior
8. Andres Nieto Serpa (Colombia), Delfina Merino hockey - Cesped Argentina
9. Milagros Loayza Salazar (Peru), Breed of footballer: Fabiola Herrera - Mujeres Fútbol Club
10. Fausto Pérez Villareal and Ramiro Franco Varela (Colombia), Bernardo Caraballo’s knockout story: Towards glory - CTV Barranquilla
10. Amado de Jesus Hernandez Gaviria, Diego Londoño Galeano, Ana Ligia Jaramillo (Colombia), On the wheels - Telecinco Colombia Casa Productora

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY

1.Cole Sax (USA), World Debut: From outsiders to the Olympic Games - The Olympic Channel
2. Felipe Antonio and Zarruk Diazgranados (Colombia), October 11, 1981 - October 11, 2021... 40 Years of a massacre - CANAL TRO
3. Yodeni Masó Aguila (Cuba), Stars of a passion - Cubavisión Internacional
4. Anson Henry (Canada), COVID 2020 (Part 2) The new normal - Anson Henry
5. Mauricio Alejandro Díaz Pedraza (Colombia), "Forming an Olympic fighter" - CANAL CAPITAL
6. Eduardo Rachelle (Brazil), "Sala de Redação'' 50 years - RBS TV
7. Maria Eugenia Mastri (Argentina), Olympic protagonists: Cordovans milestones in the history of the games - LA VOZ DEL INTERIOR
8. Miguel Angel García Salcedo (Colombia), The Olympic stadium of the sun "La muestra más grande del Civismo Sogamoseño" - Gama Virtual Comunicaciones
9. 242 rocks Media (Colombia), Our female league Colombia - YouTube
10. Broderick Zerpa (USA), Miguel Cabrera's 500 home runs - EVTV Miami

VIDEO SHORT FEATURE

1. David Picker (USA), A shared pastime - NBC Sport
2. Marissa Boyajian (USA), Dear Cammy - NBC
3. Rachel Goodman (USA), Vision as one - NBC
4. Eduardo Rachelle (Brazil), Dream of a little boy: dish towels seller got autograph from Neymar - RBS TV / Globo eSporte
5. Eduardo Rivas (Uruguay), Maracanã, the hidden treasure - Canal 4
6. Jimmy Cuadros (Colombia), Anthony Zambrano: A story of fighting, sacrifice, sweat and speed - RTVC Sistemas de Medios Públicos
7. Gabriela Martín (Argentina), Olympic podiums: Collective joy - La Voz del Interior
8. Eduardo Benavides (Mexico), This ball is here to stay - Sistema Zacatecano de Radio y Televisión
9. Santiago Ramirez Londoño (Colombia), Olympic mothers - Telemedellín
10. Sérgio Rangel (Brazil), Silence Broken: Sexual harassment and the fall of the most important soccer leader in Brazil – Fantástico / TV Globo / GE.com
10. Renan Vieira de Moraes (Brazil), Inajar FC launches shirts against prejudice - GloboTV
10. Gabriela Conter Ruiz (Brazil), Reinventing: a social project during the pandemic period - RBS TV - Globo Esporte

WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE*

1. José Encarnación (Puerto Rico), Camarero Racecourse: a money machine that runs with injured and abused horses - Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI)
2. Eryn Mathewson (USA), Marathon effort - CNN Sport
3. Dvora Meyers (USA), Time for the end of the teen gymnast - FiveThirtyEight
4. Teddy Katz (Canada), Sport turns darkness into light for Syrian refugee athlete - International Paralympic Committee
5. Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber (Canada), Exclusive Olympics: Belarusian sprinter says she was taken to airport against her wishes, will not return home - Reuters
6. Hugo Mario Cárdenas López (Colombia), Dirty ball - Leonardo Oliva
7. Sebastián Torok (Argentina), Mayer, a sensitive tennis player. Glory at Davis, panic attacks and the match that nearly killed him - La Nacion Newspaper
8. Jackie Powell (USA), The WNBA is finally catching up on mental health - Sports Illustrated
9. Marcus Alves (Brazil), Wildfires: How Portuguese club Tondela drove through the flames - BBC
10. Carlos González Lucay (Chile), Gonzalo Lama's battle - Diario La Tercera

*The story on the ultramarathon in China, winner of the AIPS Sport Media Awards 2021, co-written by Wufei Yu (China) and Will Ford (USA) was included in the Asian rankings.

WRITING BEST COLUMN

1. Marcela Mora y Araujo (Argentina), Diego's sleeping - Theguardian.com
2. Dvora Meyers (USA), Why it’s not surprising that Simone Biles cheered for Angelina Melnikova - Fivethirtyeight.com
3. Sebastian Ignacio Torok (Argentina), Kicker, after the dark. The return of the tennis player punished for fixing matches: 'I was ashamed' - La Nacion
4. Loanny Picado (Nicaragua), Being a sports journalist in times of dictatorship - Zona de Penal
5. Armando Rivarola (Paraguay), Banco de Cartes opens accounts for the Léoz in full FIFA gate - ABC Color
6. Robert Livingstone (Canada), BidWeek: The IOC thought they could steal the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and hoped we wouldn’t notice - Gamesbids.com
7. Daniel Eguren (Venezuela), Shut up and play - Idioma Fútbol
8. Jován Pulgarín (Venezuela), Diego Maradona: Do we remember the artist or the chavista? - Elestímulo.com
8. Alejandro Wall (Argentina), Maradona, the surname of a country - The Washington Post / Post Opinion
10. Esteban Abarzua (Chile), We are still in debt to Arley - Las Ultimas Noticias
10. Anibal Santiago (Mexico), Somayeh Gholami: Taekwondo under the war - Este País

YOUNG REPORTERS BROADCASTING

1.Mateo Vazquez (Uruguay), Lucas Rocha, the Plaza Colonia fan who celebrated despite the pandemic - El Pais
2. Juan Vera (Chile), Football and the social status in Chile - Radio ADN
3. Valentina Peña (Colombia), Lightning: The young hockey team that breaks barriers in Colombia - Win Sports
4. Carlos Mattei Rauen (Brazil), The Tokyo silver medal came to home - Fabian Londero

YOUNG REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHY

1. Luiza Moraes (Brazil), Messi's first title with Argentina - Copa America (Instagram)
2. Yuri Laurindo (Brazil), The Juliet on the face reflects a boy's dream - The Players Tribune (Instagram)
3. Vinicius Do Prado (Brazil), The contrasts of a Goal - AGENCIA F8
4. Enzo Santos (Uruguay), Everytime it rained, it stopped - Enzo Santos

YOUNG REPORTERS WRITING

1. José Encarnación (Puerto Rico), Camarero Racecourse: A money machine that runs on injured and abused horses - Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
2. Jackie Powell (USA), The WNBA is finally catching up on mental health - Sports Illustrated
3. Jamille Bullé Costa Dantas (Brazil), Black women are still a minority in leadership positions in women's football - ge.globo
4. Carolina Mitriani (Argentina), A cry from the paddock: Diego Armando Maradona die - Aipsamérica.com
5. Paolo Leandro Rojas Méndez (Chile), The origin of the rivalry between Colo Colo and Universidad de Chile - Paolo Rojas Méndez
6. Facundo Verdún (Uruguay), Heroes or villains of Uruguayan football careers: The contractors - La diaria
7. David Rios Rodriguez (Colombia), Mariana Pajón, a winner at the Olympic Games, surpasses 58 countries in the all-time medal tally - Pulzo
8. Kent Paisley (USA), Solheim Cup 2021: How this LPGA veteran went from broke to playing for Team USA - Golf Digest
9. Rodrigo Huerta (Chile), 'I was addicted to cocaine and wanted to commit suicide; I didn't see the meaning of life' - DIARIO AS Chile
10. Juan Tenorio (Venezuela), Vicente Almonacid: A warrior of a thousand battles - El Estadio TV







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