Midas Prize for Journalism
in Minority Protection and Cultural Diversity in Europe 2004
Winner of the Midas Prize for Journalism 2004
Ainara Mendiola (Berria)
Celebration of the Award: 5 June 2004, San Sebastian/Donostia (Basque Country)
In the selection the Jury considered the quality of professionalism and journalistic standards applied in Ms Ainara Mendiola weekly information section "The Other Union" about the nations without state in the European Union. Among the readers of the Basque Daily Newspaper Berria her articles and interviews informing on current affairs and politics in Catalonia, Wales, Scotland, Galice, Bretagne, Corse and others have become very popular and have its impact on and relevance to the public opinion.
