Events
Japan Prize 2023
The Japan Prize Festival Week
4:45pm – 6:15pm
The 50th Special Session
Celebrating the Power of Media for Education
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To mark this important milestone, we examined the enduring values of the Japan Prize and the impact it has had on the development of educational media around the world.
The First Grand Prix was awarded to The Calendar of Nature: Once Upon a Time produced by YLE in Finland. At a time when the level of global interest in environmental issues was inadequate, the program drew attention to looming environmental destruction. In the years that follow, the Japan Prize awarded programs about bullying, poverty, racism, refugee crisis etc., sounding the alarm and continuously shedding light on global social issues.
As conflict and tension spread across the globe, how can educational media contribute betterment of the world? The panelists shared their vision for the future.
* Excerpts of the films introduced in this session have been further edited and shortened for our web page.
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Sachiko Kodaira
Former Senior Researcher, NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute
Lecturer, The Open University of JapanJapan
Kodaira Sachiko joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in 1977. Since then till February 2019 she conducted various types of studies regarding the educational use of media as well as children and media at the NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute. She has been following the Japan Prize for over 40 years. She was a member of the jury for the Japan Prize, gave a special lecture “The Trends of the World’s Educational Content: Grand Prix Japan Prize Winners Revisited” in 2010 and served as a panelist for the session “‘Engaging’ and the ‘Transmedia’: The ideal Model for Children’s Audiovisual Content” in 2011and for the 50th anniversary special session “Bringing the Past into the Future:50 years of the JAPAN PRIZE” in 2005.
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David Kleeman
Senior Vice President, Global Trends
DubitUnited States
Strategist, analyst, author, speaker, connector — David Kleeman has led the children’s media industry in developing sustainable, child-friendly practices for over 35 years. David is Senior Vice President of Global Trends for Dubit, a research consultancy and games studio. When he began, “children’s media” meant television. Today, he is passionate about kids’ wide range of options for entertainment, engagement, play and learning. David uses research, insights and experience to show that much may change, but children’s developmental path and needs remain constant. David is advisory board chair to the international children’s TV festival PRIX JEUNESSE, and on boards for the Children’s Media Association and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Looking worldwide for best practices in children’s entertainment, David has spoken (and, more important, listened!) on six continents.
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Tiina Klemettilä
Executive Producer, YLE Sports and Events
Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)Finland
My love for journalism, audience and new ideas has made me a heptathlon journalist during my career. I have worked as a reporter, presenter, producer and executive producer in radio, tv-broadcasting, online and social media. Some might also call this just being curious about everything and restless!
My special passion is big multi-platform campaigns in public broadcasting, aiming to activate, educate and empower the audience.
In my present post my targets are to react quickly to the audience’s needs, create strong interaction with the audience and create moments of togetherness. The content can be celebrating, learning or working to a common goal, but the reason for doing it is always the audience.
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Aldana Duhalde
Photographer/Journalist/Scriptwriter
Argentina
Aldana Duhalde is a photographer, journalist, scriptwriter, and consultant. She has created and produced programs and channels with cultural and educational content. She is a trainer of the formats "The day I become strong" (Prix Jeunesse International) and "WADADA News for Kids" (Free Press Unlimited) and one of the directors of the "Children in the Centre" foundation. She moderates international debates and workshops on Media and Children, including the Prix Jeunesse Suitcase, and has created the Post-Grade Seminar on Media for children (Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA). She was the Director of Content of National Channel Pakapaka developing formats such as Sound Hunters, Petit and PakaData. She is an active member of CONACAI (National Advisory Council for Audiovisual Communication and Childhood, Argentina).