Fetisov Journalism Awards 2023
Third Prize
Category: Excellence in Environmental Journalism
Series: Traces of Oil in the Peruvian Amazon
Authors: Barbara Fraser, Marilez Tello Imaina and Leonardo Tello Imaina
Barbara Fraser, a U.S. journalist who has lived in Peru since 1989, specializes in reporting on environmental, public health and Indigenous issues. Her work as appeared in Science, Nature, National Geographic, EcoAmericas, The Lancet and other publications. Over the past decade, she has collaborated regularly with Radio Ucamara on coverage of oil spills in the Marañón River basin.
Journalist Marilez Tello Imaina began her radio career with UNICEF, producing early-learning programming for children. She has worked at Radio Ucamara for 17 years as a reporter and anchor of a news program.
Leonardo Tello Imaina has been a journalist for 19 years. For the past 12 years he has served as director of Radio Ucamara in Nauta, Peru, on the banks of the Marañón River. His father was Kukama, a culture that thrived in the Amazon rainforest for hundreds of years before Spanish explorers arrived. His mother was Achuar, a member of an Indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest near the Peru-Ecuador border. Leonardo is experienced in radio and video production and has been a member of the communication team of the Pan-Amazon Social Forum (FOSPA).
Series: Traces of Oil in the Peruvian Amazon
InquireFirst
July 18th, 2022
The original publication is available via the following link:
https://inquirefirst.org/montanasyselva/proyectos/traces-of-oil/en/
A legacy of broken promises
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https://inquirefirst.org/montanasyselva/proyectos/traces-of-oil/a-legacy-of-broken-promises/
A cascade of consequences
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https://inquirefirst.org/montanasyselva/proyectos/traces-of-oil/a-cascade-of-consequences/
Can Loreto plan for a future without oil?
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In the 1970s, an oil strike in Peru’s northeastern Loreto region was heralded as the path to development. Half a century later, communities in the area, most of them Indigenous, lack safe drinking water, health care and decent schools, and are left with a legacy of pollution. The question now: Can Loreto plan for a future beyond petroleum? Read more