WSSCC partnered for this second edition with the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Nearly 150 entries were sent from 40 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Central, South and Southeast Asia. An international jury panel selected a winner in each of the three language categories -- English, French and Spanish -- as well as a "gender" prize recipient.
The four winners participated at the World Water Week 2008 in Stockholm from 17 to 23 August 2008, where the Awards Ceremony took place. The first place winners were:
- Ms Windred Onyimbo, winner - English language category, Kenya, Trans World Radio, for her radio reportage "Disease in a bottle"
- Ms Claudine Efoa Atohoun, winner - French laguage category, Benin, Office of Radio and Television, for her radio reportage "Dassa, la commune des 41 collines"
- Ms Cátia Toffoletto, winner - Spanish language category, Brazil, CBN - Radio São-Paulo, for her radio reportage "Water, the waste condemning São-Paulo"
- Ms Salome Gregory Sumbya, winner - Gender category, Tanzania, Mwananchi Communications Ltd, for her article "This is Same, where fetching water means children miss classes"
The second place winners were:
- Yamikani Mwando, English language category, Zimbabwe, freelance, for his article "Cholera fears as Bulawayo water crisis continues"
- Tamara Hendel, Spanish language category, Argentina, Eye Works Cuatro Cabezas, for her TV reportage "Agua contaminada"
- Dieudonné Soubeaga, French language category, Burkina Faso, Libérateur, for his article "La grande épreuve du péril fécal"
The third place winners were:
- Budiman Arif, English language category, Indonesia, Astro Awani Jakarta, for his TV reportage "The heavy burden of protecting the water"
- Julia Fabiola Torres López, Spanish language category, Peru, Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A., for her article "Antiguedad de colectores pone al Lima al borde de crisis sanitaria"
- Euloge Aïdasso, French language category, Benin, Golfe Télévision, for his TV reportage "Ganvié, une cité qui se meurt"
The jury members for the 2nd edition were: Mr. Robert Lamb, OnePlanet Pictures, UK (TV) - Jury Chair; Ms. Madeleine Morris, BBC World, UK (Radio); Ms. Nadia El-Awady, Islam Online, Egypt (Print); Mr. Bernard Robert-Charrue, Dev Tv, Switzerland (TV); Ms. Elisabeth Bonneau, Radio France, France (Radio); Mr. Mouhamed Gueye, Le Quotidien, Sénégal (Print); Mr. Oscar Ugarte Ordoñez, TV Viva la Tierra, Ecuador (TV); Ms. Lisbeth Fog, Colombian Association of Science Journalists, Colombia (Radio); Ms. Claudia Mazzeo, Agencia CyTA, Argentina (Print).
