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CMG
Calls for Entries for its 2007 Media Awards
The Consultative Media Group on
2007 Elections (CMG) – an alliance of media stakeholders - is inviting
media practitioners and organizations to enter their work for the 2007
Media Awards. The awards will be given for outstanding coverage of the
electoral process under the two broad categories, namely outstanding
coverage of women’s electoral rights and, outstanding coverage of youth
activities that contribute towards
building a civic culture of non violent elections. The awards
seek to encourage excellence and accuracy in
electronic and print coverage of these issues in the period leading up
to the 2007 elections and beyond. The awards will be presented for
coverage published or broadcast between July 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007.
Entries must be programs and articles
that promote positive public attitudes towards women’s electoral rights
and their participation in the electoral process or to reports and
programs that contribute towards building a culture of constructive,
non-violent involvement by youth in civic activities.
In all, the CMG plans to give out six
awards under the youth category, three each for print and electronic
media. Awards for the print media will be given under sub-categories for
feature articles, cartoons and opinion-editorial articles while the ones
for the electronic media will given for news/magazine stories,
documentary/commentary and radio/television series.
Ten awards will be given under the gender
category with three each under the same sub-categories as above for
print, radio and television respectively. Each of these awards will be
given to articles or programs by entered by beat or desk editorial and
production media professionals.
An additional award will be given in the best
overall category for media organizations. Entries in this category will
be opened to media organizations that can present a set of articles or
programs that consistently demonstrate the qualities enumerate above,
published or broadcast during the electoral period.
Entry forms criteria for selection and award
categories for both the individual and best overall category can be
downloaded using the links below
They could also be obtained from the CMG
secretariat at 60B Mississippi Street, Maitama, Abuja, c/o Global
Rights. Interested persons may request for electronic or paper entry
form by contacting the CMG
by email
cmg@globalrightsnigeria.org
or phone/fax
at: Tel:
9-4134152, fax: 9-4134153.
Members
of the Consultative Media Group (CMG) are drawn from the Newspaper
Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE),
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigeria Association of Women
Journalists (NAWOJ), the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International
Press Centre (IPC), with the support of Global Rights and UNIFEM. |
