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Citizen Video wins George Polk Journalism Award

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Breaking News, Digital Activism, Elections, Film, Protest

The citizen video recording the death of Neda [1], an Iranian woman during the presidential election protests in Iran has won the George Polk Award in Journalism [2]. This amateur and anonymous video spread throughout the world and became a symbol of the Iranian Resistance and citizen journalism [3].