After 9 editions in which it created a tradition of supporting narrative journalism and creative non-fiction writing in Romania, Superscrieri continues its mission even in times of crisis – that of creating a bridge between writers and readers. to Superscrieri Awards #10, as every year, the best journalistic materials of 2020 will be awarded, in the competition to which the authors are invited to register until January 17. The new president of the jury is Paul Radu (investigative journalist, director of OCCRP - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and founder of the RISE Project).
Superscrieri, a project of the Friends For Friends Foundation (FFFF.RO), is a festival of non-fiction stories, those stories that tell us who is lying and who is telling the truth. Non-fiction that changes the world. From these stories we have learned, in recent years, about the disinfectant crisis in hospitals, about how hard it will be for us in the next earthquake, about diploma factories, about the abuses of forests, from the political world or from the world of religious cults.
Give Overwrites it's not just a gala that has been encouraging these stories told by more than 10 award-winning authors for 100 years. It's an ecosystem to promote the truth through exceptional stories. And, which, like any project, met in 2020 with a world in stand-by.
"The 10th edition will be at the Athenaeum or it won't be at all - I said a few years ago, on the stage of the Superscrieri Gala. I had in mind that people who seek and uncover the truth deserve an evening of their own. On the country's biggest stage, at an anniversary edition. But today, in this stand-by world, more useful than an anniversary edition is to focus on the continuity of the project, on an edition of the Trust. In these times when we rely more than ever on the authors who reveal our reality, we propose that Superscrieri continues to strengthen for them as a small oasis of confidence in the work and efforts they make. And, together with these authors and their stories, let's also demonstrate for readers a project tool that facilitates your orientation to the truth, with more critical thinking, in today's world. Because we are all - authors, readers or even sources - faces of the same story, each with a role in building trust.
So in the difficult year 2020, when nothing brave can be planned, we will not hold a 10th anniversary edition, but a simple Trust-building edition. We hope that we can take proper care of issue #11 and celebrate then, truly together, all those years of powerful stories about truth.”, motivated FFFF running the current edition.
Along with Paul Radu (president of the jury), among the other jurors confirmed at this moment, who join to evaluate the entries, are: Alice Iacobescu (new in this jury), Emilia Șercan, Irina Păcurariu, Florin Negruțiu, Dan Duca, Oana Giurgiu , Mona Dîrțu, Marius Comper, Robert Schwartz, Paula Herlo, Vlad Stoicescu, Ioana Moldovan, Ioana Cîrlig.
"2020 was a test year for honest journalism, done in the public interest. People needed clear information, text, image, investigation and innovation to help them make decisions. Superscripts X is about the struggle of honest reporters who try to earn the trust of the public through hard and risky work. It's about journalism as a way of life fueled by an audience that senses when its interest is put above all else.", declare Paul Radu, director of OCCRP, president of the Superscrieri jury.
