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Calacalist reporter Golan Hazani was awarded the 2012 journalism prize by the Israel Media Watch Society, for his outstanding work in the field of financial journalism,Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday.
"Hazni is an outstanding independent financial reporter. He is responsible for many investigative and interesting reports in the Israeli finance field, including exposing the inappropriate behavior of some of the biggest companies in Israel," the selection committee said:
Also on Monday, senior Channel 1 reporter and broadcaster Ya'akov Ahimeir, 74, was awarded the Israel Prize for his contribution to Israeli media.
"For the past five decades Yaa'kov Ahimeir has been one of the pillars of public broadcasting in Israel," the Israel Prize Committee said.
"He is one of the finest reporters in Israel. In his work, he always managed to separate news from opinion. His style has inspired a generation of reporters," they added.
Ahimeir began his work for Israel Radio as a news editor in 1963. After taking a short-term position with the BBC in London, he returned to Israel and was one of the founders of Israeli television in the 1960's.
He has won several awards, including the Sokolov Prize and Israel Media Watch Society Prize.
"I'm mostly happy for my family since I spent most of my time at work than at home." Ahimeir said. "I'm happy that there were some people who were able to acknowledge my hard work after so many years. It was a very happy moment when the Minister of Education Gideon Sa'ar told me of his decision."
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