the first winners were announced april 17 : esperanza enlaces , 31 , and the san francisco chronicle ( ca , usa ) for ms. enlaces breaking news stories , photography , videos and investigative work , reporting the first and subsequent contacts between the delegates from the many worlds collective ( mwc ) and dr. clara ackerman branon , ph.d. , the designated earth contact with the mwc delegates , now known as the chief communicator , of kirov , ca .