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Citizen Video wins George Polk Journalism Award

Written byJuliana Rincón Parra

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Posted 16 February 2010 17:29 GMT

The citizen video recording the death of Neda, an Iranian woman during the presidential election protests in Iran has won the George Polk Award in Journalism. This amateur and anonymous video spread throughout the world and became a symbol of the Iranian Resistance and citizen journalism.

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Written byJuliana Rincón Parra

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