CIN wins 2007 International Investigative Reporting Prize

ONA announced the award at its annual award ceremony in Toronto on Friday. Winners in other categories included Wired Magazine, the Associated Press and the Washington Post. The award for investigative reporting at a large media outlet went to ABC News.

“It's an honor to be mentioned with these other fine organizations and this proves that Bosnian journalists are doing some of the best work in the world in investigative reporting,” said Svjetlana Celic, CIN's deputy managing editor. “Our goal was simple. We wanted to find out if our food is safe and we now know it is not.” The story (available at www.cin.ba) showed that Bosnian authorities are taking inadequate measures to protect their citizens from unsafe food. Since the series was published, hundreds of people have ended up in hospitals from health problems caused by food poisoning.

Earlier this year, CIN won award of Global Shining Light for short movies on topic Stealing of electrical Energy – Black Market. Also, CIN was awarded for contribution in investigative jourmalism in year 2006, from Transparency International BiH.