Fayette C. Riñen
CEBU, April 14 (PIA) -- The European Union (EU) announces the opening
of the Peace Journalism Awards urging journalists from print and broadcast
media to join and submit their entries on the theme about “Peace.”
Among the objectives
of the Awards is to raise awareness about the impact and value of peace and the
peace process in general and to generate information and a deeper
understanding of the Bangsamoro peace process in particular.
It
also acknowledges the role of Filipino journalists as agents of peaceful
social transformation through balanced, responsible, culturally and
conflict-sensitive reporting on peace and conflicting stories.
Such Awards also aims
to generate awareness, interest and appreciation for EU-supported activities in
Mindanao in the context of the peace process.
Entries should adhere
to the theme of “Peace” that could include reportage about the peace process at
the level of political negotiations, about peace champions and how they were
able to advocate or initiate or develop actions that build peace in their
communities.
Entries could
also be about peace linked to development and other cross-cutting
socio-political issues or about peace in the perspective of local communities,
and their unique ways of harnessing peace.
All entries must have
been published or uploaded in bona fide media outlets from August 1 2014 until
May 31, 2015. Proof of publication whether in print, broadcast or in online
media must be attached together with the entry form which can be downloaded
from the EU website.
Detailed guidelines
are available in the EU website europa.eu.
There are seven
categories of the Awards including Written Text Published in Print Media;
Online Media; Broadcast Media; Photo Journalism; Campus Journalism (written
text and multi-media sub categories) and Special Citation for Government
Communicators.
For the Journalism
Awards, only Philippine-based media representatives are qualified to join.
For Campus Journalism
Awards, participants must be bona fide Filipino students currently enrolled in
a duly-recognized Philippines’ University or College.
Selection of winners
will be based on the following criteria: relevance to the topic (30 percent),
news value/impact (30 percent), investigative depth (25 percent) and
professional quality and style (15 percent).
The first prize winner
or finalist for each of the category will receive special tokens, gadgets,
trophies and certificates.
The grand winner on
the other hand, will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Brussels, Belgium to
meet with peace-building institutions and fellow journalists.
The EU Journalism
Awards was launched in October 2014 in Cotabato City for the first time in the
Philippines. (mbcn/fcr/PIA7/with reports from Paulynne Joyce R. dela Cruz,
intern)