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Location | Berlin |
Photographer | Heidi Levine |
About Heidi | Heidi Levine is an American freelance photojournalist based in Jerusalem. She has worked as a professional photojournalist since 1983, starting as a staffer with the Associated Press in Israel, then with French photo agency Sipa Press in 1993. |
Award | Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award |
About | Palestinians collect religious books in the rubble of the Al-Qassam mosque in Nuseirat camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, July 9, 2014. Israeli warplanes carried out 30 air strikes over Gaza on Saturday |
On Thursday evening, the first Anja Niedringhaus prize for courageous journalism was awarded at Berlin's E-Werk club, during the ceremonies attended by approximately 300 media representatives. Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief correspondent, and the ZDF journalist Barbara Hahlweg presented the award worth 20,000 US dollars to the Jerusalem resident photojournalist Heidi Levine. The prize is awarded to honor the life and work of the AP...