(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 24 – “We are very fond of this award and will host it also in the future. Biagio Agnes is one of the general managers who is most remembered because he did a great job. It is a piece of history of Rai, the awareness of public service is also his merit. We must remember what we have been, for this reason this award is important “.
Thus the CEO of Rai, Carlo Fuortes, at the press conference for the presentation of the fourteenth edition of the Biagio Agnes Award – International Journalism and Information Award. The ceremony will be held on Saturday 25 June in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, will be conducted by Mara Venier and Alberto Matano and will be broadcast on Rai 1 on Monday 27 June in the late evening, from 11.20 pm. Among the winners announced by the president of the jury Gianni Letta, the Ukrainian photojournalists Mstyslav Čhernov, Evgeniy Maloletka and Vasilisa Stepanenko to whom the International Prize goes and Monica Guerzoni to whom the Prize for Printed Paper goes. The Television Award goes to the Sanremo Festival and will be collected by Amadeus, while the Television Journalism Award goes to the first female director of Tg1, Monica Maggioni. “The years of Agnes’ general management were years of battle in conditions of no longer monopoly – recalled Letta -. Biagio Agnes loved this company and did his job with intelligence. I wish Carlo Fuortes to become the third general manager, after Biagio Agnes and Ettore Bernabei to be remembered as a great conductor and to collect the legacy of Biagio Agnes “. “We are honored that the award will take place in Piazza del Campidoglio – said the president of the Biagio Agnes Foundation, Simona Agnes -. Once again this year, in continuity, we have placed the value of women at the center. We firmly believe that opportunities must be created. to reflect on the role of women in work. The Agnes Award enhances the skills of women, themes that the administration of the Municipality of Rome has shared right away. Gender equality is a theme very dear to Rai as well “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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