SUPER MEDIA: Twenty members of media, among them Philippine STAR reporter Lelaine Jimenea, will receive tomorrow the S.U.P.E.R. Awards for their exceptional and risky coverage of the landfall of super typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas last November.

S.U.P.E.R. stands for Salute to Unparalleled People, Endeavors and Resources. It is a private-sector undertaking sponsored by SM Foundation Inc., the socio-civic arm of the SM Group, along its advocacy of “People Helping People.”

SMFI Executive Director Debbie Sy listed the awardees as Atom Araullo of ABS CBN 2; Ted Failon of DZMM/ABS CBN 2 and Ranulfo Docdocan of ABS CBN Tacloban; Love Anover, Jiggy Manicad and Micaela Papa of GMA 7; Joecel Huesca of GMA Iloilo; Greggy Magdadaro of GMA Cebu; Benjie Dorango and Erwin Tulfo of TV 5; David Santos of Solar News; DJ Yap of Philippine Daily Inquirer; Tara Yap of Manila Bulletin; Jimenea of STAR; Lorelei “Lottie” Salarda of DYBR Tacloban; Jazmin Bonifacio of DYDW; Jimmy Angay-angay of DZRH; Joey Gabieta of LSDE; Jamela Alindogan of Al Jazeera and Andrew Stevens of CNN. Their team members will also receive awards.

Three media members who lost their lives covering the landfall will be given posthumous awards: Archie Globio of DYBR-Tacloban, and Ronald Vinas and Allan Medino of DYVL-Tacloban.

The awardees were chosen by a board composed of Australian Ambassador Bill Twedell represented by Geoffrey King, Councilor for Development Cooperation, chairman; Luiza Carvalho, Director/Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in the Philippines, vice chairman; and Prof. Rolando Tolentino, Dean of the UP College of Mass Communications, and Ana Maria Garcia, president of SM’s Shopping Center Management Corp., members.

The award ceremonies will be held tomorrow at the Mall of Asia SMX Convention Center, Pasay City, from 5:30 pm onwards.