The Population Institute’s annual Global Media Awards (GMAs) honor journalists covering the numerous connections between population issues and development. Each year, GMA honorees visit Washington, DC, to present their award-winning projects to inside-the-beltway audiences and network with policymakers, NGOs, and each other. I had the chance to chat with two of this year’s GMA winners: Melclaire Sy Delfin, winner of the Best Individual Reporting category, and Jim Motavalli, winner of the Best Magazine Article award. Delfin is a television reporter with the Philippines’ GMA Network, Inc., and was recognized for her two in-depth investigative reports, “The Forbidden Games Filipino Children Play” and “When Wells Run Dry: A Tragedy Looming Large.” Motavalli is the editor of E/The Environmental Magazine; his winning article showed that falling birth rates are largely confined to developed countries, and that population growth remains high in many African and Asian countries.