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    Emil Hougaard (Danish School of Journalism)
    Gold | Spot News
    Keep the voice up
    “Peace is worth nothing without justice” says Martin Livanze, a 23-year old inhabitant of the largest slum of Nairobi, Kibera. The opposition candidate of the Kenyan General Elections Raila Odinga has just announced his miscreditation of the electoral process. He is accusing the sitting and winning president for electoral fraud. A group of women run and chant in the streets. They have been doing it for four days with almost no sleep. "As soon as we lower the voice, the rest of the world will forget" they say
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    Troy Enekvist (Mid Sweden University)
    Silver | Spot News
    Korail 2
    Every day 2000 people move into Dhaka and most of them end up in the slums. Korail is one of the biggest slums in Dhaka. Because of so many people being cramped up in small spaces, big fires occur more often. In this fire of March, 25,000 people in the Korail slum lost their homes.
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    Ólafur Steinar Gestsson (Danish School of Journalism)
    Bronze | Spot News
    Protests
    in Copenhagen: Left-wing protesters in counter-demonstration against a right-winged parade through Nørrebro - a multi ethnic neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The police were highly represented to keep control of the situation. A left-wing protestor being pushed away from a police officer.
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    Patrick Connolly (Ohio University)
    Award of Excellence | Spot News
    Columbus Protest
    Connor Lefevers yells in pain after being pepper sprayed while blocking the intersection of South High and State streets in Columbus on Jan. 30, 2017. Police waited for about 40 minutes before spraying protesters.
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    Alex Driehaus (Ohio University)
    Award of Excellence | Spot News
    Untitled
    Paramedics help wheelchair-bound Joe Allessie out of a bus that crashed into a nine-foot overpass on Thursday, July 20, 2017 on Merchant Street in North Shore. The group of veterans came down to Pittsburgh from the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Erie to attend a tailgate party and watch a Pirates game. No one was seriously injured in the crash, and the passengers were still able to make the game.
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