NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 27 THE GLEANER 190TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURE Published July 9, 2002 THE GLEANER has received an honourable mention in the Inter-American Press Association’s (IAPA) 2002 awards in the category of Newspapers in Education. According to IAPA, The Gleaner earned the honourable mention ’for its commitment in publishing information encouraging younger people to become interested in newspapers’. The prize in the Newspapers in Education section went to a team of reporters from the San Antonio Express-News in Texas. The four reporters spent an entire school year documenting how dropout rates at a particular public high school were underreported to make schools appear more successful. The Grand Prize for Press Freedom went to Mexican journalist Jesus Blancornelas for his coverage of Mexican drug cartels and specifically his article ’Los Intocables’, published in Revista Poder out of Miami. The citation describes Blancornelas as a journalist “who has dedicated his career and, indeed, his well-being to the pursuit of a free press that is vigilant, untainted by corruption and committed to defending the Mexican people. Not even the bullets of a would-be assassin have silenced Blancornelas. He is a symbol of dignity and a model for all journalists throughout the Americas.” Other awards are for Inter-American Relations, Human Rights and Community Service, Editorial Writing, News Coverage, In-Depth Reporting, Feature Writing, Photography, Cartoons and Infographics. Award winners and honourable mentions, announced June 28, were chosen from among 300 entries representing the print media in the Western Hemisphere. There are 10 categories in addition to a Grand Prize for Press Freedom. Winners receive US$2,000 and a plaque or diploma, which will be presented at the IAPA 58th General Assembly in Lima, Peru, from October 25-29. Gleaner lauded by IAPA US President Ronald Reagan (second left) and Mr. Reagan (right) smile as they walk from the reception line of members of the Jamaican Cabinet (in background) as they arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport on April 7, 1982. The president was welcomed by Prime Minister Rt Hon Edward Seaga (left), and Mrs Seaga (third left). The American Ambassador, Mr Loren Lawrence, is in the second row, centre. Behind Mr Lawrence, in profile, is Jamaican Ambassador to Washington, Mr Keith Johnson. Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Hugh Shearer, in far background, heads the line of Cabinet members, as well as Senate President Oswald Harding and House Speaker Talbert Forrest. FILE IMPORTANT HISTORIC VISIT
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