Winners of the competition for the most equidistant coverage of the election campaign have been designated

The Northern Observer (Observatorul de Nord) newspaper proved to be the most equidistant publication in covering the campaign for the general local elections that took place in June, 2007. A National Competition on the matter was organised by the Independent Press Association. The prizes were handed on Tuesday, November 27, during a conference themed “The press in 2007 local elections: learned lessons, lessons to be learned”. The Northern Observer won the second place. Nobody took the first prize, since the jury didn’t find a suitable model for an equidistant coverage of the election campaign among the Moldovan mass-media. The second place also went to the newspaper The Morning Time (Timpul de Dimineata), for a balanced coverage of the election campaign. Both newspapers received each a money prize worth 500 euros. The third place winners are “Ziarul de Garda” and the Rezina-based “Cuvantul”, who received 300 euros each. Also, the jury offered two special prizes worth 150 euros to the newspapers “Unghiul” from Ungheni and “SP” from Balti.