Thirty-four-year-old Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was one of four journalists honored yesterday at the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes given by Columbia University’s School of Journalism.
As CPJ reports
Sánchez writes the blog Generación Y, which, along with six others, is hosted by the German-based portal Desde Cuba (From Cuba). The blog records her observations on politically motivated arrests, food shortages, and problems in Cuba’s renowned education and health systems, among other things. Recognized as the pioneer of the Cuban independent blogosphere, Sánchez describes herself as a Cuban citizen writing about what she sees everyday.
Unfortunately the Cuban authorities would not let her travel to New York to collect the award
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