UNICEF Annual Media Award
UNICEF Office in Serbia announces a competition for the annual prize for the best media reporting on children and children’s rights
The aim of the prize is to promote high quality and ethical reporting in print and electronic media (dailies, weeklies and monthlies, magazines, news agencies, television, radio and internet) on children and children’s rights in the Republic of Serbia. Recognising the significant role of the media in shaping the attitudes of general public, UNICEF Office in Serbia, in cooperation with the Media Centre in Belgrade, will reward spreading the information and materials of social and cultural interest for children to raise awareness on the position of children and children’s rights in Serbia. The deadline for entries is 5 November 2009.
THE COMPETITION
• The annual prize for the best media reporting on children and children’s rights on the territory of the Republic of Serbia will be awarded on 20 November 2009, the Universal Children’s Day.
• This year annual prize will be awarded in three categories: - the best TV reporting
- the best newspaper reporting and
- the best radio reporting
• Jury will examine the entries and choose the winners. The jury will take decisions by majority of votes in its full membership.
• Entries (interviews, articles, radio and TV programs) published or broadcast in the media in the period from 1 January 2009 to 1 November 2009 promoting child rights are invited to the Competition. • All professional journalists employed (regardless of their formal status) by the media on the territory of Republic of Serbia are eligible to submit their entry, given that the article/broadcast submitted is made at the request of the media they work for.
RULES OF THE COMPETITION
1. Thematic categories for the best media reporting of the year 2008 are poor, excluded and marginalised children and the realisation or violation of their rights. 2. Each entrant can enter only once, but may submit up to three reports on the subject. 3. Where the entry is a collaborative effort, all major contributors should be included e.g. researchers, journalists and editors. A team entry may comprise a maximum of five individuals. 4. All entries (interviews, articles, radio or TV programs) must have been published or broadcast through media outlets between 1 January and 1 November 2009. The entries must be produced by a media house without sponsors. 5. Please send in copies of all material submitted as entries will not be returned. 6. Entrants should fill in the application form (please see attached) with their rights and obligations in the Competition. 7. The deadline for entries is 5 November 2008. Entries may be sent electronically, by mail or handed over personally. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be taken into consideration. 8. Articles or broadcasts (audio or video cassette, CD or DVD) should be submitted to the Media Center, Terazije 3, Belgrade along with a verification of the entrant’s official status in the media that requested the material (i.e. verification of the full-time employment status or a freelance engagement). 9. The lowest age limit of entrants is 18 years of age. 10. The Prize winner will be chosen on the basis of the promotion of child rights, but the Jury will also consider entries in relation to the general journalistic criteria, including research, writing skills, incisive impact, public benefit, ethics, originality, innovation and creative flair, but also if the material is regarded as the initiator of a positive change. 11. The Jury have the right to reject an entry that, in their opinion, does not comply with the requirements of the competition. 12. The Prize winners will be awarded at a prize-giving ceremony honouring the Universal Children’s Day on 20 November 2009. 13. UNICEF reserves the right to utilise all materials submitted for presentation and media use and to reproduce it for the purposes of further promoting the Prize.
How to Enter:
Complete the entry form (in the attachment) and send it with the following material:
Print
Print journalists must supply original sheet of the work (where possible). Where a sheet of the original work is not available, a high quality copy will be accepted.
Radio
Radio journalists must supply a report on a CD in mp3 format. The entry should be on a clearly marked CD, bearing the name, address and telephone number of the entrant and the duration of the entry.
Television
Television journalists must supply a DVD or a standard VHS tape of the report. The entry should be on a clearly marked DVD or tape, bearing the name, address and telephone number of the entrant and the duration of the entry.
On-line
Online journalists must send CD with an article/report in HTML format or an Internet address where the material (unaltered) intended for the competition can be viewed. A senior editorial manager must certify that the work was published on an Internet site.
Rules of the competition and application form in ENGLISH
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