DAME Calls For
Entries for its Fourteenth Media Excellence Awards
The Trustees of Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME) organizers of
the yearly DAME media award is calling for entries of outstanding works
produced in 2004 for its 14th edition.
Awards are available in three main categories: journalism, with 20
awards; broadcast, with seven awards; and advertising, with six awards.
They are open to media professionals and relevant media houses,
advertising and marketing communication firms.
For journalism category, each entry must comprise an original clipping
of the work entered and five clean photocopies. Passport photograph and
comprehensive resume of journalist must be included. Joint entries for
any work must not carry more than three by-lines; other wise prize goes
to the publication. Entries for awards in this category are available in
Action Photography, Best designed newspaper, Capital Market reporting,
Environmental Reporting, Informed commentary, and Press reporter of the
year among others.
For broadcasting categories, each entry must be on a video/audio
cassette or compact disk, three copies of which must be submitted. A
passport photograph and resume of producer must accompany the drama and
documentary entries; while that of the journalist must accompany the
reporting and presenting categories and all entries in the advertising
categories should be recorded on the same VHS tape, CD or audio cassette
as applicable and submitted in triplicates in a particular category.
Entries for awards are available for: radio drama of the year, Radio
reporter of the year, Radio presenter of the year, TV Documentary of the
year, TV Director of the year, TV Drama of the year, and TV Reporter of
the year.
The performance of the entry for advertisers will be scored on their
effective exploitation of the AIDA principle to stimulate attention,
interest; desire and action while all others will be scored on the
ABACADER principle of accuracy, balance, contextual analysis, depth of
research, engaging use of language and relevance of subject matter.
Participants, (individuals/organizations) are entitled to a maximum of
three entries for each category. Applicants are to send detailed CV and
photograph and should also accompany all entries. DAME accepts third
party nominations.
The prizes to be won, include DAME plaque, cash prize, one year free
subscription to media review, and a certificate of merit to individual
winners as well as a DAME plaque and a certificate of merit for
institutional winners
Entries which should be accompanied by appropriate background
information including details of date of publication/transmission,
medium, motivation, reactions and names of key personnel involved in the
work must reach the organizers not later than September 12, 2005. All
entries should be marked 14th DAME and directed to: DAME
SECRETARIAT, 9, James Robertson Street, Surulere, Lagos. Tel:
01-5851466, 08023508533, E-mail: mediareview@yahoo.com, info@dameawards.com.
Full information on the awards are available on its website http://www.dameawards.com/dameawards/callforentry.htm.
