The Korea Instances reporter Jung Da-hyun
The Korea Instances reporter Jung Da-hyun received the Grand Prize within the reporting class on the twenty seventh Gender Equality Media Award on Tuesday for her investigative sequence, “Deepfake disaster at colleges,” produced in collaboration with the Excellence Lab group at sister publication Hankook Ilbo.
Established in 1999, the consideration is introduced by the Korean Institute for Gender Equality Promotion and Schooling (KIGEPE) to strengthen the media’s position in selling gender equality and to acknowledge excellent broadcast applications and information reporting.
The award-winning sequence, acknowledged with the Prime Minister’s Award, examines the alarming prevalence and impression of deepfake crimes amongst youngsters.
The institute stated the work successfully highlighted the rising severity of deepfake sexual offenses involving youthful age teams by presenting concrete circumstances, and persuasively outlined the pressing challenges dealing with society by a multidimensional evaluation.
“The continued rise of deepfake crimes calls for sustained public consideration, particularly as each victims and perpetrators are more and more adolescents,” Jung stated. “I hope protection like this spurs a deeper and extra critical dialogue throughout society.”
This 12 months, 20 tales had been honored, together with protection of feminine independence activists from Japan’s 1910–45 colonial occupation of Korea, profiles of Jeju’s “haenyeo” — the ladies who protect Korea’s centuries-old free-diving custom — and an investigative report right into a Korean YouTuber who dedicated little one sexual abuse within the Philippines.
“We hope that broadcast applications and information reviews that illuminate key gender equality points will assist develop public curiosity and foster a broader consensus on the significance of gender equality,” stated Kim Sam-hwa, head of KIGEPE.
Kim added, “The institute will proceed to advertise a tradition of gender equality by figuring out and increasing excellent media initiatives.”
