We received an extremely high number of entries
this year from more than ten countries around the world.
We thank everyone who sent in an article and for helping
to promote Lung Cancer Awareness. We are pleased to announce
the winners and runners up for the 2006 Awards:
Updates from the 2006 winners
How last year’s research
grants are helping journalists to raise further awareness
Petra Thorbrietz, Germany: Highly Commended, Best Consumer
Article
Receiving a research grant last year
enabled Petra Thorbrietz to take some time off work to
extend her highly commended article (‘I Will Fight’ Janos Declares) into
a book entitled "Leben bis zum Schluss" ("Living
till the end"). This book is due to be published at
the 59th Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2007. Watch this
space for more details!
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here for an English transcript of the article
Click
here for a transcript of Petra's book "Leben
bis zum Schluss"
Daniel Cassola, Argentina: Winner, Best Broadcast Report
Daniel Cassola and his team have used their grant to acquire
better broadcast equipment, which will enable them to
reach a broader audience with their message about devastating
illnesses such as lung cancer.
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English transcript of this article
Marlene Farcas, Romania: Highly Commended, Best Broadcast
Report
Marlene Farcas (Romanian Society of
Cancer) put her research grant towards a campaign on the
effects of smoking and lung cancer specifically targeted
towards young people. To tackle the problem at its core,
she worked with her team at the Romanian Society of Cancer
to inform high school students in eleven cities around
Romania about the dangers of smoking. The project involved
the production of posters and leaflets with titles such
as ‘You must choose…health
or cigarettes’. With the help of the research grant,
she has also been working in partnership with ART Fusion
Association in Bucharest to present interactive ‘shock-theatre’ designed
to further raise awareness of lung cancer.
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Helle
Pappot, Charlotte Elberling Almasi, Barbara Malene Fischer,
Trine Juhler-Nøttrup & Halla Skuladottir,
Denmark: Winner, Best
Medical Article
In November 2006, Helle Pappot, Charlotte
Elberling Almasi, Barbara Malene Fischer, Trine Juhler-Nøttrup & Halla
Skuladottir won the Lung Cancer Journalism Award for Best
Medical Article with their article entitled “A better
Life with Lung Cancer”. The authors are all members
of FOLK (Focus on Lung Cancer), a group of young female
doctors with a specific interest in lung cancer research.
The group’s purpose is to raise the awareness of
lung cancer both amongst health personnel and the general
public.
The €7000 research grant has opened
a unique opportunity for FOLK, enabling the group to
start working with a publisher on a book about living
with lung cancer. The focus of the book is on how to
maintain or regain hope and dignity whilst having lung
cancer. It will be based on interviews with lung cancer
patients and their relatives and on personal experiences
from professionals working with lung cancer. It is also
meant to give an overview of all lung cancer related
matters and to serve as a reference book for patients
and relatives. The book will be published in November 2008.
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