International Editor of The Year Award
Since 1975, World Press Review has also presented the "International Editor of the Year Award" to an editor or editors outside the United States "whose work best exemplifies the principles of journalism."
According to Worldpress.org editorial, the award is granted to journalists "in recognition of enterprise, courage and leadership in advancing the freedom and responsibility of the press, enhancing human rights and fostering excellence in journalism."
World Press Review's Editor of the Year recipient is selected by magazine's editors in consultation with its correspondents, translators, contributing editors and others, both in the United States and internationally.
It flies the recipients to New York, sets up meetings and a luncheon at the United Nations, and put together interviews for them with the United States press.
The last "International Editor of the Year Award" (2005-2006) was granted to three Mexican journalists, Raúl Gibb Guerrero, Dolores Guadalupe García Escamilla and Alfredo Jiménez Mota.
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