PSAT celebrates Greek Sports Journalism Awards 2022
Attendeed of the Greek Sports Journalists Awards observe a moment of silence to pay respect for the victims of the heartbreaking earthquake in Turkey and Syria (Photo by PSAT)
ATHENS, February 26, 2023 - The annual Sports Journalism Awards of the Greek Sport Journalism Association (PSAT) were presented at a successful ceremony at the amphitheatre of the Hellenic Olympic Committee headquarters on the 21st of February 2023.
The ceremony began with a moment of silence to pay respect for the victims of the heartbreaking earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed thousands.
The president of PSAT, Yannis Theodorakopoulos started his speech by expressing the solidarity of the Greek sport journalists with the colleagues of Turkey and Syria and then he said: “The Sports Journalism Awards were established 25 years ago to celebrate excellence among the country's sports writers, photographers and broadcasters, working for newspapers, as well as sports magazines, tv or radio stations and across all digital formats and it’s important to point out that they are the only journalism awards in Greece given by an association."
He continued by saying that although the awards concern the sports journalism, there are some for other areas of journalism like the one awarded this year to six female war correspondents in Ukraine, who were honoured for their exceptional work. He then spoke about the colleague, Georgia Papadopoulou, who passed away prematurely after battling with leukemia: "Today, we send an important message in order for the number of people who become bone marrow donors increase.” He also spoke about the problems the sports journalists face (such as unemployment or low wages) declaring the will of PSAT to minimize them. “But we are proud of the bright side of our job,” he said, “the bright side that you are representing through your work. Your work contributes to the development of sports, informs the people immediately and accurately and most importantly imparts the high values of Athletics. The young people learn through sports how to overcome the difficulties and stand up to fight again”. He added that the sports journalist must work harder in order to speak or write more about sports that aren’t so popular and not only remember the athletes only when they win a medal. He added that there are awards for colleagues who wrote books during 2022 as well as for the children of colleagues who entered through exams the universities of Greece. He completed his speech thanking the political, sport and academic officials who support the Greek Sports Journalism Awards and attend the Award’s ceremony.
president of PSAT, Yannis Theodorakopoulos (Photo by PSAT)
As stressed by the president of PSAT, Yannis Theodorakopoulos, this year's ceremony had a special message: "Become a Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor" and save a life through a very simple and short process. Professor Alexandros Spiridonidis spoke about this process, highlighting the importance of becoming a donor.
According to the decisions of the independent Journalistic Awards Committee of PSAT, members of the Association who were awarded for 2022, based on the nominations submitted, are:
Writing Category
Giannis Lampiris ( “NEA”) received the “Petros LInardos” for his reporting from Qatar.
Kostas Pelekanos ( “Kokkinos Protathlitis”) received the “Mimis Papapanagiotou” Award for his interview with Anna Balan, Tik Toker who speaks for people with disabilities.
Digital Sports Journalist Category
Sotiris Vetakis won the “Charis Lymperopoulos” Award) for his reporting about Dubai’s wish to have a team in the EuroLeague and the expansion of EuroLeague to Dubai ( “SDNA.gr”)
George Bitsikokos won the “EDOEAP, Christos Svolopoulos” Award for his series “The cards of our life”, referring to the card collections of “legend” football players. (“sportday.gr”)
John Zoitos received the “Nikitas Gavalas” Award for featuring George Printezis’s glorious basketball career. (“Sport24.gr”).
Broadcast Category- TELEVISION
Elvi Michailidou (Open) won the “Nikos Antoniadis” Award for her interwiew with Leandros, a nine year old blind boy who supports PAOK FC who sent a strong message against violence.
Litsa Ioannou ( Ant1) won the “Akis Tsopelas” Award for her detaild reporting about the new stadium of AEK FC
George Mimikos won the “George Pandouris” Award for his series in “Creta TV”, titled: “Sport Stories”.
Web Sport Show
Pantelis Vlachopoulos- Elias Kaloonsas won the “POESY” Award for “Game Night Show” and their interview with Demis Nikolaidis, former football player, considered one of the greatest forwards in Greece.
Broadcast Category- Radio
Stefanos Lemonidis- Dionysis Dellis received the “EDOEAP- Panos Geramanis” Award for their show in “Athens 9,84” radio station, “Athens- Doha, One Mundial”, dealing with the World Football Cup 2022.
Nikos Zervas won the “Tasos Papachristos” Award for his tribute to the career of Vasilis Spanoulis in “BwinSport FM”.
Photography Category
Thanasis Stavrakis- AP, won the “Panagiotis Trichias” Award for covering Qatar 2022.
Nickos Vichos- IN TIME Photo Agency won the “Andreas Kalogeropoulos” Award for his photo featuring Sergio Araujo forming the letter “A” with his fingers in memory of Alkis Kampanos, a young fun of ARIS FC who was murdered by PAOK FC funs.
Special Awards
Award “Giannis Diakogiannis”
The “golden” 11-member- team for their tv show in “Ant1” about Qatar 2022: Alexis Spyropoulos, George Triantafyllidis, Dimosthenis Georgakopoulos, Stefanos Avramidis, Vasilis Samprakos, Michalis Tsoxos, Sotiris Kostavaras, Kostaw Psarras, Helen Papadopoulou and Stelios Giannakopoulos.
Award “Kostas Motsis”
Tassos Antoninis and Panos Samaras for the section "Safe Navigation in the World of the Internet" in the programme “Sports Good Morning”, of ERASPOR.
Award "Andreas Bomis"
Sakis Ginas for the interview with Leandros at the TV 100 station.
"Theodoris Akalestos" award
Vassilis Stoakis for the series of articles which highlight the harmonious coexistence of Christians and Muslims in Thrace, on a sporting and social level. They were published in the e-magazine of the Hellenic Basketball Federation.
Maria Petropoulou and Giorgos Ligris, hosts of the show "Legendary Stories" on ART-TV.
Aris Tasoulis, former editor in chief of the sports department of the newspaper "KATHIMERINI" and publisher of the magazine «Εquitation», which is being published continuously for 39 years.
Yannis Hatzibeis, athlete with a disability, producer and star of the film "Our limits", which participated and was awarded in November 2022, at the Milan sports film festival.
Kostas Theodoropoulos, reporter of the newspaper "PELOPONNISOS", for his overall contribution to the development of sports journalism in Peloponissos and especially in Patras.
Makis Papazisis, for his great contribution to the establishment of ERA Sport on the occasion of its 30th anniversary and for his successful career in sports reporting.
Award Hellenic Football Federation
Christos Sotirakopoulos- “Nova” for his interview with the President of UEFA Aleksander Čeferin.
Award Hellenic Basketball Federation
Theodoros Felanis-«ERT3» for his reporting about the joint trip of junior teams of PAOK FC and Aris FC sending a message against violence.
Finally, sports journalists who wrote books in 2022- 20 in total-and 10 children of colleagues who entered universities were also awarded.
The ceremony began with a moment of silence to pay respect for the victims of the heartbreaking earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed thousands.
The president of PSAT, Yannis Theodorakopoulos started his speech by expressing the solidarity of the Greek sport journalists with the colleagues of Turkey and Syria and then he said: “The Sports Journalism Awards were established 25 years ago to celebrate excellence among the country's sports writers, photographers and broadcasters, working for newspapers, as well as sports magazines, tv or radio stations and across all digital formats and it’s important to point out that they are the only journalism awards in Greece given by an association."
He continued by saying that although the awards concern the sports journalism, there are some for other areas of journalism like the one awarded this year to six female war correspondents in Ukraine, who were honoured for their exceptional work. He then spoke about the colleague, Georgia Papadopoulou, who passed away prematurely after battling with leukemia: "Today, we send an important message in order for the number of people who become bone marrow donors increase.” He also spoke about the problems the sports journalists face (such as unemployment or low wages) declaring the will of PSAT to minimize them. “But we are proud of the bright side of our job,” he said, “the bright side that you are representing through your work. Your work contributes to the development of sports, informs the people immediately and accurately and most importantly imparts the high values of Athletics. The young people learn through sports how to overcome the difficulties and stand up to fight again”. He added that the sports journalist must work harder in order to speak or write more about sports that aren’t so popular and not only remember the athletes only when they win a medal. He added that there are awards for colleagues who wrote books during 2022 as well as for the children of colleagues who entered through exams the universities of Greece. He completed his speech thanking the political, sport and academic officials who support the Greek Sports Journalism Awards and attend the Award’s ceremony.
As stressed by the president of PSAT, Yannis Theodorakopoulos, this year's ceremony had a special message: "Become a Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor" and save a life through a very simple and short process. Professor Alexandros Spiridonidis spoke about this process, highlighting the importance of becoming a donor.
According to the decisions of the independent Journalistic Awards Committee of PSAT, members of the Association who were awarded for 2022, based on the nominations submitted, are:
Writing Category
Giannis Lampiris ( “NEA”) received the “Petros LInardos” for his reporting from Qatar.
Kostas Pelekanos ( “Kokkinos Protathlitis”) received the “Mimis Papapanagiotou” Award for his interview with Anna Balan, Tik Toker who speaks for people with disabilities.
Digital Sports Journalist Category
Sotiris Vetakis won the “Charis Lymperopoulos” Award) for his reporting about Dubai’s wish to have a team in the EuroLeague and the expansion of EuroLeague to Dubai ( “SDNA.gr”)
George Bitsikokos won the “EDOEAP, Christos Svolopoulos” Award for his series “The cards of our life”, referring to the card collections of “legend” football players. (“sportday.gr”)
John Zoitos received the “Nikitas Gavalas” Award for featuring George Printezis’s glorious basketball career. (“Sport24.gr”).
Broadcast Category- TELEVISION
Elvi Michailidou (Open) won the “Nikos Antoniadis” Award for her interwiew with Leandros, a nine year old blind boy who supports PAOK FC who sent a strong message against violence.
Litsa Ioannou ( Ant1) won the “Akis Tsopelas” Award for her detaild reporting about the new stadium of AEK FC
George Mimikos won the “George Pandouris” Award for his series in “Creta TV”, titled: “Sport Stories”.
Web Sport Show
Pantelis Vlachopoulos- Elias Kaloonsas won the “POESY” Award for “Game Night Show” and their interview with Demis Nikolaidis, former football player, considered one of the greatest forwards in Greece.
Broadcast Category- Radio
Stefanos Lemonidis- Dionysis Dellis received the “EDOEAP- Panos Geramanis” Award for their show in “Athens 9,84” radio station, “Athens- Doha, One Mundial”, dealing with the World Football Cup 2022.
Nikos Zervas won the “Tasos Papachristos” Award for his tribute to the career of Vasilis Spanoulis in “BwinSport FM”.
Photography Category
Thanasis Stavrakis- AP, won the “Panagiotis Trichias” Award for covering Qatar 2022.
Nickos Vichos- IN TIME Photo Agency won the “Andreas Kalogeropoulos” Award for his photo featuring Sergio Araujo forming the letter “A” with his fingers in memory of Alkis Kampanos, a young fun of ARIS FC who was murdered by PAOK FC funs.
Special Awards
Award “Giannis Diakogiannis”
The “golden” 11-member- team for their tv show in “Ant1” about Qatar 2022: Alexis Spyropoulos, George Triantafyllidis, Dimosthenis Georgakopoulos, Stefanos Avramidis, Vasilis Samprakos, Michalis Tsoxos, Sotiris Kostavaras, Kostaw Psarras, Helen Papadopoulou and Stelios Giannakopoulos.
Award “Kostas Motsis”
Tassos Antoninis and Panos Samaras for the section "Safe Navigation in the World of the Internet" in the programme “Sports Good Morning”, of ERASPOR.
Award "Andreas Bomis"
Sakis Ginas for the interview with Leandros at the TV 100 station.
"Theodoris Akalestos" award
Vassilis Stoakis for the series of articles which highlight the harmonious coexistence of Christians and Muslims in Thrace, on a sporting and social level. They were published in the e-magazine of the Hellenic Basketball Federation.
Maria Petropoulou and Giorgos Ligris, hosts of the show "Legendary Stories" on ART-TV.
Aris Tasoulis, former editor in chief of the sports department of the newspaper "KATHIMERINI" and publisher of the magazine «Εquitation», which is being published continuously for 39 years.
Yannis Hatzibeis, athlete with a disability, producer and star of the film "Our limits", which participated and was awarded in November 2022, at the Milan sports film festival.
Kostas Theodoropoulos, reporter of the newspaper "PELOPONNISOS", for his overall contribution to the development of sports journalism in Peloponissos and especially in Patras.
Makis Papazisis, for his great contribution to the establishment of ERA Sport on the occasion of its 30th anniversary and for his successful career in sports reporting.
Award Hellenic Football Federation
Christos Sotirakopoulos- “Nova” for his interview with the President of UEFA Aleksander Čeferin.
Award Hellenic Basketball Federation
Theodoros Felanis-«ERT3» for his reporting about the joint trip of junior teams of PAOK FC and Aris FC sending a message against violence.
Finally, sports journalists who wrote books in 2022- 20 in total-and 10 children of colleagues who entered universities were also awarded.
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