Gleaner reporter Andrea Downer and News Editor, Lynford Simpson, with their United Nations Population Fund Caribbean Media Awards. Ms. Downer won the gold award for her print series 'The Clement Radciffe Story', while Mr. Simpson took home the silver award for his radio documentary, 'Exploited'. The awards were presented on Saturday night. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Eight Caribbean journalists walked away with trophies and cash prizes at the annual United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Caribbean Media Awards on Saturday night.

The ceremony, held on the grounds of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, featured entries on the theme 'Migration and Development'.

The entries in the print and electronic media focused on subjects ranging from drug trafficking to human trafficking and the issue of 'brain drain'.

In the print category, Cedriann Martin, a freelance journalist with the Trinidad Express, walked away with the platinum award for her work entitled 'Dirty Dancing'. It unveils the personal encounters of women in the sex trade through the eyes of an exotic dancer.

The Gold Award Print went to The Gleaner's Andrea Downer for her print series entitled 'The Clement Beckford story'.

Judy FitzPatrick, a journalist working with the Daily Herald in the Dutch island of St. Maarten, received the silver award.

In the radio category, Sasha Henriquez, a web content producer at Radio Jamaica, took the platinum prize for her documentary 'Unwelcome Strangers'. It focuses on people deported back to Jamaica and the difficulties they face once they return.

The Gold Award Radio went to the team from the morning magazine show This Morning, aired on HOT102FM, for the documentary 'In Pursuit of Dreams'.

The Gleaner's Lynford Simpson received the silver award for his documentary on human trafficking titled 'Exploited'.

Natalie Edgecombe, a Montserratian journalist who works between Montserrat and Toronto, Canada, took home the platinum television prize for her documentary 'The Volcano Generation'.

Talk show host Susan Simes won the the Gold Award for Leadership in Television reporting for her two-part series entitled 'Drug Trafficking'.