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9th Hildegarde Lifetime Achievement awardee Ditsi Carolino speaks to the audience in an open forum during the awarding ceremony. Photo by Luis Adrian A. Hidalgo

St. Scholastica’s College-Manila recognized during the 9^th Hildegarde Awards ceremony last March 6, 2015 the works of individuals and institutions who utilized the power of media as a catalyst for social change.

Leading this year’s roster of awardees was filmmaker Distsi Carolino who received the Hildegarde Lifetime Achievement Award for depicting human rights and agricultural issues in her documentary films Minsan Lang Sila Bata (1996), Mula Pabrika Hanggang Fukuoka (1999), Bunso (2005), and Lupang Hinarang (2009).

The late Susan Calo-Medina also received an award for her efforts in promoting the Philippines through her television show Travel Time. Calo-Medina’s son Mark and Travel Time co-host Manu Sandejas received the award.

The other awardees were:

For Broadcast Journalism
State of the Nation, GMA News TV
Red Alert, dzMM
Byaheni Drew, GMA News TV
Operation Tulong, dzRH
News.PH, 9TV Philippines
Buhay at Kalusugan, dwIZ

In Development Communication
“Children’s Show” by Roderick Cabrido
“Run for Survival” by Save the Children Organization
“18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women” by the Philippine Commission on Women

In Print Journalism
“SAF 44: The women they left behind” by Rappler’s Nathashya Gutierrez
“More gaps than gains? Anti-women portrayals, practices continues despite Magna Carta of Women” by Bulatlat.com’s Anne Ednalyn Dela Cruz
“Saving Metro Manila’s remaining Urban Forest” by Antonio Jose Galauran and Luis Adrian Hidalgo, published by VERA Files

Established in 2007, the Hildegarde Awards for Women in Media and Communication was named after St. Hildegarde von Bingen to celebrate women’s achievements in mass media. The award recognizes achievements and best practices of men and women in mass media and allied fields who can serve as models for practitioners to emulate.