{"id":13961,"date":"2019-08-04T16:06:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/?p=13961"},"modified":"2019-08-06T12:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:43:24","slug":"premio-apec-2019-al-periodismo-fotografico-resalta-importante-del-rol-social-de-hombres-y-mujeres-del-fotoperiodismo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/premio-apec-2019-al-periodismo-fotografico-resalta-importante-del-rol-social-de-hombres-y-mujeres-del-fotoperiodismo\/","title":{"rendered":"APEC 2019 PHOTOJOURNALISM AWARD Highlights Important Social Role Played by Photojournalists in Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo, August 3, 2019 –<\/strong> The Dominican Republic\u2019s APEC University (Action for Education and Culture) and the Banco Popular Dominicano recently announced the celebration of the third annual \u201cAPEC 2019 Photojournalism Award.\u201d The goal of the contest is to value and highlight the important work carried out by photojournalists in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The world of photojournalism is unique and plays an important role in the mass media sector. Photojournalists are an integral part of journalism. One cannot exist without the other. APEC University, very much aware of the important role photojournalism and the key role they play in the country\u2019s media outlets, encourages the presentation of images whereby they can tell stories through their lenses.<\/span><\/p>\n

The details of the third annual contest were presented by the president of APEC\u2019s Council of Directors, Justo Pedro Castellanos. Also, by Dr. Jos\u00e9 M\u00e1rmol, Executive Vice President of Public Relations and Communications of the Banco Popular Dominicano and Elsa Turull de Alma, president of the APEC Cultural Program Commission. APEC\u2019s Council President, Justo Pedro Castellanos, explained that the award – which this year is celebrating its third annual contest \u2013 highlighted that the goal of the award is to \u201cprevail\u201d and to value the importance of photojournalists.<\/span><\/p>\n

The contest is open to photographers and photojournalists who are linked to national and international media outlets, print or digital, and who have resided in the country for five or more years.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, Executive Vice President of Public Relations and Communications, Dr. Jos\u00e9 M\u00e1rmol, indicated that photojournalism is the \u201ccornerstone\u201d for the defense of objectivity in a period where the concept of fake news has grown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photojournalism is a key element that puts into perspective the events, not only from the news angle but including coverage in general. He also explained where these individuals are called; their photographs are an integral part of the story. Photographs are news, it is information.<\/span><\/p>\n

All those interested must present photographs that have been published in national or international media outlets, between January 1 through December 31, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of the jury will be well-known photographers, as well as highly regarded critics. The awards will be announced in a special ceremony, which will also include a photo exhibit that will feature the photographs of the participants, at APEC University in October.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Santo Domingo, August 3, 2019 – The Dominican Republic\u2019s APEC University (Action for Education and Culture) and the Banco Popular Dominicano recently announced the celebration of the third annual \u201cAPEC 2019 Photojournalism Award.\u201d The goal of the contest is to value and highlight the important work carried out by photojournalists in the country. The world … Continue reading “APEC 2019 PHOTOJOURNALISM AWARD Highlights Important Social Role Played by Photojournalists in Society”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13965,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961\/revisions\/13965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}