K24 Sports journalists among Top 30 battling for coveted prize in global award

Two K24 Television sports reporters, Apopo Mujema and Wanjiku Mwenda, have been nominated for the AIPS Sports Media Awards.

The two entered stories in the Video Athlete Profile of the annual event which is organised by International Sports Press Association (AIPS) that brings together all Sports journalists worldwide.

Mujema submitted two projects which made it to the Top 30 list in separate categories. “Beyond Football” in the Video Athlete Profile category, and the story “When hope is in short supply” which also made it to Top 30 of the Video Short Feature category. This feature showcased the fate of children who hung onto boxing for survival in slums.

On the other hand, Wanjiku Mwenda, who also serves as a sports anchor, submitted her story titled the “Hero behind Eliud Kipchoge” which features Kipchoge’s long term coach Patrick Kipsang who prefers to keep a low profile.

A total of 309 works from Africa were submitted to the AIPS Sport Media Awards for different awards’ categories, with 32 countries represented.

The 30 entries in each category will then be reduced to three finalists by January 15, 2020, awaiting the award gala scheduled for February 5, 2020 in Budapest, Hungary.

Below is the link of the Top 30 submissions of the Video categories which also feature other reporters from four other continents:

https://www.aipsmedia.com/index.html?page=artdetail&art=26887&AIPSAIPS-Sport-Media-AwardsAIPS-Sport-Media-Awards-2019

VIDEO ATHLETE PROFILE

Matthew Allen (USA), Birthright: becoming Toby Dawson - NBC Sports Group
Matthew Allen (USA), Drive like Andretti - NBC Sports Group
Joab James Apopo (Kenya), Beyond football - K24TV AFRICA
Alieu Ceesay (Gambia), Coach Bonu Johnson: a coach per excellence (QTV)
Ivo Costa (Portugal), Sea sound - Sport TV
Ekaterina Dolfin (Russia), Dmitry Pavlov, the bionic bodyguard - Match TV
Hassan El Basri (Morocco), The story of a hero flirting the ball despite his handicap - TÉLÉ MAROC
Claus Frederiksen (Denmark), The gold Jacket - From Struer to Hall of Fame - Nordisk Film Cinemas, TV 2 sport Denmark
Jessica López González (Colombia), Juan Scarpetta, beyond the limits - Telepacífico
Ricardo Henao (Colombia), Following in Rigo’s tyre tracks - RCN Television
Wenxiu Jia, Hongtao Liu, Boxuan Sun, Jing Zeng, Wei Xu (China), This is me - Tencent Sports
Michelle Katami Guda (Kenya), Benson Gicharu, the olympian boxer turned painter - BBC
Jayesh Km (India), IM Vijayan@50 - Mathrubhumi News
Jeff Kinyanjui (Kenya), Former Kenyan boxer Benson Gicharu turns into painting and coaching after retirement - Africa News
Jiahao Liu, Xueying Li (China), Brian Osser: “I felt the enthusiasm of Chinese players” - new-sport.cn
Edin Mahmuljin (Croatia), Andrej Kramaric - HRT
Terrisa Mark (USA), Ato Boldon - TTT Limited
Luis Guillermo Montenegro (Colombia), Nenén, the Brazilian player who won more world cups than Pelé - El Espectador
Farhad Muhammad (Pakistan), 18 years old Qaiser Afridi continue his Judo practice in a conflict area Bara Khyber - Radio Mashaal Radio Free
Wanjiku Mwenda Mediamax (Kenya), The hero behind Eliud Kipchoge - K24 TV
Austin Okon-Akpan (Nigeria), Power of sports - Using canoeing, rowing to impact lives - Channels Television
Stuart Pollitt (United Kingdom), The making of Tommy Fleetwood - BBC
Mònica Santacruz (Colombia), Football, women and passion. Tribute to Leidy Asprilla - Canal Regional Telepacìfico
Gounou Ikilirou Séro (Benin), Diane Beldose l'Arc-en-Ciel of Parakou - ORTB         
Zabihullah Shahzaad (Afghanistan), Who is Rohullah Nikpa? A star was born in a war-torn country and became the legend of Afghanistan - Afghanistan Sports Journalists Federation     
Viktor Tihany (Hungary), Mum, The champion - MTVA
Jose Joaquin Torres (Mexico), “Mascara Genesis” Immigrant Mexican Wrestler in New York - NY1 Noticias
Ben Unger (Germany), Pelé from Neubrandenburg - NDR TV
Yiwei Wang (China), Guoliang's two battlefields: don’t be “just smart”, make people not waste their dreams - Tencent Sports           
Wasil Wesal (Afghanistan), He lost his eyes, but not his vision and goals - Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Radio Azadi