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"Reporting ICTs and Rural Communities"
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"Best Female Reporter on ICT4D Issues"
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AISI/OSIWA Media Award 2004
The AISI/OSIWA Media Award has two categories:
OSIWA/AISI Best Female Reporter on ICT4D Issues. This category recognizes female journalists on the continent and their interest and reporting of ICT for development issues. The overall objective of this award is to encourage women journalists to enter into reporting on specialized fields such as information and communication technologies.
Media Categories: print (articles), radio and television programmes
Prizes: The first prizewinner for this category will receive 3,000 US Dollars, and the runner-up, 1,500 US Dollars.
OSIWA/AISI Reporting on ICTs and Rural Communities. This award is to support and stimulate interest in the media to report on how ICTs can be used in rural areas in Africa. OSIWA is assisting communities gain access to independent information and uncensored media, and promoting diversity in media ownership as a tool for increasing their participation in public life. Under the ECA AISI framework, this award is aimed at encouraging the media to report on strategies for democratizing access to the Information Society.
Media Categories: print (articles), radio and television programmes
Prizes: The first prizewinner for this category will receive 3,000 US Dollars, and the runner-up, 1,500 US Dollars.
JUDGING
Judging will be based on four categories of entries and winners from each category will be those, who in the opinion of the Judges have made a significant contribution to promoting and raising awareness on the information society in Africa.
The Judges have the right to withhold making an award should it be deemed, in their opinion that no entry fully satisfies the criteria laid down. The decision of the Judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY
1. Conditions governing the Awards:
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ECA has the right to reproduce and transmit in any media, for non-commercial purposes, the work that has been selected. |
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ECA has the right to cancel the Awards at any time, when the selected entities and individuals are found ineligible or don’t fulfill the criteria laid down for the award. |
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The decision of the judges shall be final. |
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Members of the panel of judges for the Award and members of the sponsoring institutions shall not be eligible to submit an entry. |
2. Criteria for entries:
All entries must have been published and broadcasted by an African Media institution during the year 2003/2004. Entries can be submitted in more than one category but THREE COPIES OF ALL MATERIAL ARE NEEDED FOR EACH CATEGORY ENTERED. Also, SUBMISSIONS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES SHOULD BE TRANSLATED (in the case of print) and/or TRANSCRIBED INTO ENGLISH OR FRENCH for RADIO AND TV PROGRAMMES.
Entries that cover only international issues are ineligible unless, they relate to, and develop an understanding of, current information society issues in Africa.
3. Submission of Entries:
A FULLY COMPLETED FORM MUST ACCOMPANY EACH SUBMISSION; OTHERWISE THE ENTRY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
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Entries must be cassettes for radio /VHS for tapes for TV entries and original materials for print entries. |
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All material in a language other than French and English must have translation and/or transcription included in the submission. |
Submissions can be in English, French, Arabic.
Closing date: 31 July 2004
Submit to:
Ms Kidist Belayneh (kbelayneh@uneca.org)
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA AISI MEDIA AWARD
DISD, 5th Floor, ECA Building, ECA, PO Box 3001, Menelik II Avenue
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website: http://www.uneca.org/aisi/mediaaward.htm
4. Winners:
The winners will be selected from entries, which in the opinion of the Judges, make a significant contribution to public awareness and understanding of the information society, and which provide analysis on issues concerning access, policy/regulatory environment, the social and economic impacts of ICT for development. A public announcement will be made shortly after the selection for all the categories.
The selection will be followed by an official notification from the ECA and OSIWA.
[Entry Submission Form]
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