2 Mekong Fellows Win Journalism Prizes in Cambodia

Two Cambodian journalists who were part of the Imaging Our Mekong programme, Leang Delux and Ung Chansophea, won prizes in the Investigative Journalism Awards Competition organised by the Club of Cambodian Journalists with the support of the U.S. Embassy. Our congratulations to both of them!

Delux, of 'Cambodge Soir' newspaper and Radio France International, won second prize for his article 'Why are Public Services Not Efficient?' Read his article here: http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/investigative_reporting_2nd_place.html

Chansophea, also of 'Cambodge Soir', won third prize for her piece called 'Different Fates of Squatters Evicted from Phnom Penh'. Her article:http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/investigative_reporting_3rd_place.html

The top five winners were selected y Munthit Ker of the Associated Press and U.S. journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Jerry Kammer. At the awards ceremony on Jun. 28, U.S. Ambassador Joseph A. Mussomeli said: " By bringing the issues you have written about to the attention of the Cambodian public, you are helping Cambodia to achieve the promise of democracy. Remember that you are the custodians of conscience for your country."

For more about the awards, go to http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/investigative_reporting.html