On Wednesday, Thomson Foundation announced that Egyptian Photojournalist Mostafa Darwish won its fifth annual mobile journalism (‘mojo’) competition, beating 154 entries from 55 countries. “I was taking a walk when I learnt that I had won the competition. I started running around and screaming out of happiness,” Darwish told Egyptian Streets. The visual journalist had won several local prizes in Egypt, but this was his first international one. His story, found below in video format, for the independent Egyptian online newspaper, Mada Masr, earned him first place. The piece was shot with an iPhone 5s and edited using the iMovie video application. It was published when the prices for train tickets increased, and revolved around a train ride from Cairo’s main station, Ramses, to the last stop in Giza, Aya. Hosam El Nagar, competition judge and director of innovation and learning at Thomson Foundation, described Darwish’s entry as “a piece of art”. “Scrambling for standing space alongside other crushed commuters, and with little prospect of passions cooling, he attempted to report on the sharp fare increases to inadequate metro system in Cairo, Egypt,” the foundation further described his entry. Darwish regards mobile…
Egyptian Wins International Thomson Foundation Mobile Journalism Competition
May 9, 2019
