Aqui y Ahora Recibe Premio GLAAD / Aqui y Ahora Receives GLAAD Media Award

April 21, 2009 by Monica Trasandes, GLAAD's Director of Spanish Language Media 

Jessica Alba, who presented the GLAAD Media Award for best film, wide release to "Milk"

Jessica Alba, who presented the GLAAD Media Award for best film, wide release

One of the most amazing moments in a great night at the GLAAD Media Awards this Saturday occurred when the award for Best News Magazine in Spanish Language Media was presented to Aqui y Ahora. The winning segment told the story of Angie Zapata, a young transgender woman who was murdered in Greeley, Colorado last year. Featured prominently in the story was Monica Zapata, Angie’s sister.

GLAAD brought Monica to Los Angeles, where she accepted the award, along with producer Belissa Morillo. At GLAAD, we are so proud of people like Monica and other members of the Zapata family, who not only speak out in memory of their loved one, but become fierce and incredibly important allies to our community.

We’re also so proud of the work of journalists like the reporters and producers of Aqui y Ahora – not to mentoin the executives who make their work possible – for telling these important stories and being respectful and inclusive of our community while meeting high standards of journalistic integrity and excellence. All of the segments in this category and, indeed, in all of our Spanish-language categories were of exceptionally high quality and show real progress in the way that media is telling LGBT stories en español.

For more on the awards, please visit glaad.org.

producer Belissa Morillo and Monica Zapata, sister of murdered transgender teenager Angie Zapata, accepted the award for Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism – Newsmagazine for "A juzgar por las apariencias" y "En otro cuerpo" Aquí y Ahora

Producer Belissa Morillo and Monica Zapata, sister of murdered transgender teenager Angie Zapata, accepted the award for Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism – Newsmagazine

Unos de los momentos mas especiales en Los Premios GLAAD este sábado ocurrió cuando se presentó el Premio GLAAD por Mejor Segmento Televisivo de Revista Periodística, en Español a Aqui y Ahora. El segmento contó la historia de Angie Zapata, una joven transgénero quien fue asesinada en Greeley Colorado. Una importante parte de este segmento fue la entrevista con la hermana de Angie, Monica Zapata.

El sábado, GLAAD trajo a Monica a Los Angeles donde ella aceptó el premio, al lado de productora Belissa Morillo. Nosotros en GLAAD estamos tan orgullosos de personas como Monica (y el resto de la familia de Angie) quienes no solo hablan de la memoria de su ser querido pero tambien son fuertes aliados de todos nosotros en la comunidad.

También estamos orgullosos de periodistas y productores del equipo de Aqui y Ahora, y de los ejecutivos quienes hacen este trabajo posible, por crear historias que son excelentes en su periodismo y tambien tratan a nuestra comunidad de manera inclusiva y respetuosa.

Todos los segmentos en esta categoría, e incluso en todas las categorias de este año, eran de calidad excepcional y muestran verdadero progreso en la manera que los medios cuentan historias LGBT en español.

Para saber más sobre los Premios GLAAD, por favor visite a glaad.org.

 

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One Response to “Aqui y Ahora Recibe Premio GLAAD / Aqui y Ahora Receives GLAAD Media Award”

  1. Angie Zapata’s Story Honored by Family and GLAAD : glaadBLOG.org on April 29th, 2009 3:37 pm

    [...] nominated for two segments on Angie’s story in the Spanish Language Newsmagazine Category.  As Monica Trasandes, GLAAD’s Director of Spanish Language Media, wrote last week, when the winner was announced, Monica Zapata joined Aqui y Ahora producer Belisa Morillo onstage [...]

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