Botsi Foundation: Journalist Antonis Karpetopoulos was awarded

The 39th Awards of the Journalism Awards and Awards of the « Athanasios V. Botsi Journalism Promotion Foundation » was held on Friday. Among the awardees is one of our own man the Antonis Karpetopoulos For the promotion of sports reporting in the print, broadcasting and electronic press.

The Foundation’s journalistic awards and honorary journalistic discrimination have been awarded continuously since 1982 and have become an institution for journalism in our country.

At the start of the event, in the context of the special honors that has established the Foundation to honor institutions, bodies and personalities for their significant social and national contribution, we awarded a special honor to the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece. Hieronym II for his ecclesiastical, pastoral, theological and wider spiritual contribution to man and society.

This special honor was attributed by the President of the Republic, Mr. Konstantinos Tasoula and the President of the Foundation, Mr. Panos Karagiannis and was received by the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, the Theophilos Bishop of Stavrodi.

A special honorary prize to George Papadakis for the 34 years of daily television, from the television station « ANT1 » with the show « Good morning GREECE ».

The « Award of the Athanasios V. Botsi Journalism Promotion Foundation » honored (in alphabetical order): Fivos Karzis for the Radio Documentary entitled « The Transition to the First Person » broadcast by the NRA. Dimitris Kotaridis and Nina Kasimatis for their news broadcast « Weekend from 6 » on public television. Panagiotis Lampsias for the objective coverage of political reporting in the printed press, radio and television. Michalis Mastis, for the promotion and promotion of social issues in the daily newspaper « Rhodiac ». Vangelis Papadimitriou, for the objective coverage and analysis of political reporting. Prodromos Papailiopoulos on his successful journalistic career and long -standing career in the news management on television. Vassilis Chiotis for his objective and complete presentation of political reporting in the printed press, radio and television.

Special awards related to reports and have been instituted by bodies and journalistic associations, after a unanimous recommendation by the Advisory Committee were awarded as follows:

-The Parliamentary Report Award, sponsored by the Greek Parliament, was awarded to Panagiotis (Panos) Tzannetatos.

-The Economic and Business Reports Awards, sponsored by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, were awarded to: Christos Doga for the objective informing of public opinion on financial reports and Maria expensive for the promotion of business reporting.

-The « PANOS SOMOLOS » Award for Police, Judicial and Free Report was awarded to Yiannis Souliotis for the objective and strict observance of journalistic ethics during the cover of police reporting, « KATHIMERINI » and Radio.

-The correspondents & diplomatic report award was awarded to Alexandra Fotakis for the promotion and promotion of diplomatic reporting.

The Local Government Award, sponsored by the Municipality of Athens, was awarded to the TV show « Perimeter » for the transfer daily of the pulse of the Greek region and the homogeneity, with the reliability and validity of public television.

-The Green Energy Award, sponsored by DEDDIE SA, was awarded to Marina Protonotariou for the journalistic highlighting of green and sustainable energy issues.

– Antonis Karpetopoulos was awarded the Sports Reportage Award for the promotion of sports reporting to the print, broadcasting and electronic press.

-The Motor Report Award, sponsored by FlexCar SA, was awarded to George Andris for highlighting the issues related to the automotive reportage.

-The « GIORGOS KARAGIANNIS » Journalism & Technology Award, sponsored by EUROPEAN INSUTITUTITURE (ECI), was awarded to Alexander Markos for the utilization of audiovisual technologies in combination with quality journalism promoting the Inter -Balkan Good Neighborhood.

-The original journalistic award was awarded to: ‘Elena Papadimitriou as the director of the FYI.news journalism organization who is in the center of the younger digital generations. To Dimitris Petropoulos for the website « mixanitouxronou.gr » and Andreas Loudaros for the creation of the « Orthodoxia.info » website « 

-The SOCRAIDIS Award of the Association of Journalists of the Magazine Types was awarded to Michalis Savvakis for the publication of 1981 until today of the magazine « FISHING NEWS ».

– The « DIAAIA Zambouni » Award of the Provincial Professor Association was awarded to Zoe Pantazis for the publication of the newspaper « NEA of Epirus »

With honors, awarded to journalists who have been distinguished for their course, morality and work, upon recommendation by the Advisory Committee, the:

• Nikos Hassapopoulos for more than 50 years in the fighting political report – from 1974 to the present – in print, electronic press and broadcasting.
• Dimitris Dimitrakoudis for his responses for over 50 years from Vienna and Central Europe, in Greek media.
• Athanasios Metsios for his 30 years of journalistic career as well as his excellent career in RES-EIA.
• Nikos Synodinos for his contribution to the promotion of sports reporting.
• Marina Rizogiannis for the promotion of social news and events that are positive examples in the daily newspaper « Peloponnese ».
• Christos Stratoulakos for the promotion of combat journalism and the promotion of the issues of the Region and Nicole Kazantzidou to highlight the tourist report in RES.

At the start of the event, the president of the Panagiotis Karagiannis Foundation spent speech. Short greetings were addressed by the president of POSSY Sotiris Triantafyllou, the President of ESIEA Maria Antoniadou and the Deputy Minister, despite the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman, responsible for the media Pavlos Marinakis.