Tamba Shimbun (Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture) won the Grand Prize in Bunka Tsushinsha’s 4th Furusato Newspaper Awards, selected from 70 regional newspapers from all over the country.

Tanba Shimbun (Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture) won the Grand Prize at Bunka Tsushinsha’s 4th Furusato Newspaper Awards, selected from 70 regional newspapers nationwide ​ Bunka Tsushinsha Co., Ltd. Press release: November 11, 2024 Tamba Shimbun (Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture) won the Grand Prize in Bunka Tsushinsha’s 4th Furusato Newspaper Awards, selected from 70 regional newspapers from all over the country. Presentation ceremony held in Tokyo on Friday, November 29th (coverage available) On November 11, Bunka Tsushinsha Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Takeshi Yamaguchi), which operates businesses to promote printed culture such as newspapers and books, announced that it would be publishing regional newspapers (local newspapers) that publish in municipalities across the country. ) winners of the 4th Furusato Shimbun Award, which recognizes outstanding articles and reporters, have been decided. This is the only award for local newspapers in Japan that has been held every year since 2021. The presentation ceremony will be held on November 29th. If you are a media company, please consider writing an article about this release and covering the presentation ceremony. The presence of local media is essential for regional revitalization. We can also arrange interviews (comments, interviews) with our representative who launched the award. Please feel free to contact us.
[Hometown Newspaper Award Judging Points] ◆An “Expert Committee” consisting of 6 university professors and others who research media selected articles from 11 to 12 newspapers for 70 regional newspapers published nationwide (from January 1, 2024 to January 6, 2024). (dated March 30th). We have extracted approximately 300 articles (including serials and columns) that we would like more people to read beyond the relevant region. ◆In addition, we reconsidered the articles
(approximately 100) that were self-recommended by each local newspaper, and each person carefully selected 10 articles from there. The 10 articles selected by each of the 6 people were read by the other 5 people and evaluated using points. The top 30 works with the highest points were selected to pass the first screening. The five judges listed below conducted a final review of the 30 films, and the winners were determined based on the total points. (in alphabetical order) ・Mr. Yuri Okina (Chairman of the Japan Research Institute, Chairman of the Government Taxation Research Committee) ・Kozo Kaku (Historian/Writer) ・Mr. Kundo Koyama (broadcast writer/screenwriter) ・Toshihiro Takahashi (Representative Director of Discover Japan) ・Mayumi Yamazaki (hot spring essayist) ◆Presentation ceremony & social gathering *We are accepting interviews on the day of the event. Please contact us below. ・Date and time: Friday, November 29, 2024
11:30-13:30 ・Location: Totenko Ueno Main Store (Taito-ku, Tokyo) Contact for interviews and inquiries regarding this matter Bunka Tsushinsha Co., Ltd. Masuda, Tanaka Phone: 03-5217-7730 Email: hensyuu@bunkanews.co.jp
4th “Hometown Newspaper Award” Overview ・ Sponsor :Bunka Tsushinsha Co., Ltd. ・ Sponsorship : ITO EN Co., Ltd./Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd./. ・Target ：Furusato Newspaper Library, a library where regional newspapers from all over the country are gathered (Bunka Tsushin) Approximately 70 local newspapers donated to ・ Expert expert committee member (in alphabetical order) Mr. Kazuhiko Shimizu (Professor, Department of Media Expression, Faculty of Information Studies, Bunkyo University) Mr. Shinya Sengoku (Former Japan Newspaper Association, National Council of Mass Media Ethics Special Researcher) Mr. Shigeo Takahashi (Former Nippon Television Broadcasting Network, former Bunka Gakuen University professor) Mr. Seijiro Tsukamoto (Professor, Nihon University College of Law/Graduate School of Newspaper Studies) Ms. Junko Tomikawa (Professor, Department of Cultural Expression, Faculty of Letters, Atomi Gakuen Women’s University) Satoru Honda (Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Media Communication, Edogawa University) About the article winning the 4th Furusato Shimbun Award for the Grand Prize ・Award paper : Tamba Shimbun (Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture) ・Award article ：Series “Noto Peninsula Report – In the Scars of the Severe Earthquake” 1.-4.
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・Publication date : From February 15, 2024 to February 25, 2024 ・Article content : “Ishikawa Prefecture Noto Peninsula Earthquake” that occurred on January 1st this year. A reporter from a local newspaper in Tanba City, Hyogo Prefecture, far away, visited the site to interview people from the Tanba area living in Noto and to deliver supplies requested by people he had been in contact with in advance. Full reportage. ・ Judge’s evaluation (excerpt) I was drawn in by the sound of a part of a private house collapsing while making a loud noise, and as I read all four episodes at once, I vividly imagined what Oku-Noto was like in late January. It contains more information than can be seen in the video, and the suffering conveyed through the expressions and voices of the people living there. That’s an amazing reportage. (Mayumi Yamazaki) Although it is not a newspaper published in the Noto area, it actually visits the area and reports on the real situation of the disaster through carefully researched articles and photos. Issues such as depopulation are problems faced by all regions, and the article raises issues such as the state of evacuation centers and the nature of volunteers, and can be praised as an article that will be of great reference to local communities. (Yuri Okina)