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From Nick Cater to DEVMEDIA re One World `98 International Media
Conference and Awards, longish.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT REPLY TO ME - Awards URL and email contacts at end

NB: DEADLINE IS 27TH MARCH; MAINLY UK BUT SOME INTERNATIONAL CLASSES, INCLUDING
WEB SITES

Apologies crosspostings

Call for Entries for the One World '98 International Media Conference
and Awards (PLEASE NOTE DEADLINE IS 27TH MARCH).  We hope very much
you will consider entering at least one of the awards categories.

The OneWorld Media Conference and Awards is an annual media event that
recognises excellence in the communication of human rights and
sustainable development.  Clare Short (Secretary of State for
International Development), Sir Christopher Bland (Chairman of the
BBC), and Jonathan Dimbleby (broadcaster/author) will be guest
speakers at the conference and Jon Snow (Channel 4 News) will host the
awards ceremony.

Our major sponsors are the Department for International Development
(DFID), the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), ActionAid,
the BBC, the International  Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Save
the Children, UNICEF UK, and the World Bank.

Although some awards are only suited to the media, there are several
suited to NGOs that have no special media departments too.

Please let your colleagues and partners know, in case they want to
enter a piece of work they have been involved in. The subject area
must  focus on sustainable development and human rights.

These are the awards which can be entered:

All entries must have been broadcast/printed between 31st January 1997
and 27th March 1998.  These dates are applicable to all entries.

1.      Best Bi-Media News Coverage - ë45 TV / ë40 radio entry fee

For regional and national UK news programmes.  Broadcast in UK only.
Open to radio (including local radio) and TV. We can accept either one
documentary or a series of reports.  The entry should be on behalf of
the production team.

2.      Best Television Documentary - ë45 entry fee

This is a UK award open to regional and national programmes. Broadcast
in UK only.  May be either one documentary or a series of reports.
May be produced by an independent producer or a TV company.

3.      Best Radio Documentary - ë40 entry fee

Can be from domestic or local radio, includes BBC World Service.  May
be either one documentary or a series of reports.

4.      ActionAid Award - no charge

Can be from TV or radio.  Description of award "For the programme
which breaks the story behind the headlines from the world's poorest
countries."

Criteria for entries:

* Tells an original story which is not related to the current news
agenda.

* The programme should be based on the lives of people living in the
world's poorest countries who are working to improve their living
conditions.

* Where possible, the programme should reach a mainstream audience.

* It must be a story from the world's least developed countries, in
Asia, Africa or Latin America.

Entries should be sent to:  Susan Mearns, ActionAid, Hamlyn House,
Macdonald Road, London N19 5PG.

5.      UNICEF UK Award for the Advancement of Children's Rights - ë45
for TV, ë40 for radio, ë40 for press entry fees

Including coverage exposing threats to childhood, and focusing on
those facing poverty (UK-based groups - open to all media). Entries
accepted from TV, radio and press.   Same criteria applies as for Best
TV or Best Radio Documentary.

6.      The IOM Migration Award - ë45 for TV, ë40 for radio, ë40 for
press entry fee

For work promoting better understanding of the migration of people
(UK-based groups - open to all media). The same criteria applies as
for Best TV or Best Radio Documentary.

7.     The New Media Award - no charge

Includes CD-Roms and Internet sites.  Entry can be from foreign
website, but must be in English language.

8.      National Press Award - ë40 entry fee

Articles must have been published in the UK.  Can accept up to 20
entries, for one fee of ë40.   Should send one copy only.

9.      Photographer of the Year - ë15 entry fee

For an outstanding article or set of articles by a local or national
(UK) journalist, promoting global justice.  Photographs entered must
have been published in the period stated, but can have been taken at
any time.  Can include photos published on a commercial website.  For
entry we need one copy of the published photo, ie. newspaper or
magazine article. Up to 20 photos can be entered for the one fee of
ë15.

10.     Best Public Information Campaign by an NGO - ë15 entry fee

The NGO must be UK-based, but the campaign may be elsewhere.  Can be a
long-running campaign, but needs to be current in stated period - 31st
Jan '97 to 27th March '98.

Not on Call for Entries, but nominated category:

11.     International Television Documentary - no charge

(Sponsored by World Bank).  Description of award: "For the programme
which best communicates an issue in human rights and/or sustainable
development."  Must be a TV programme, must have been transmitted
outside the UK,  must be in English or have English subtitles, and
produced abroad.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 27 MARCH 1998.

If anyone would like to enter for any (or all!) these awards, they
just need to email office@oneworld.org or check the OneWorld site
(www.oneworld.org) for an official Call for Entry form (which can be
filled in and e-mailed back).

We hope very much you will submit an entry for the awards.  Further
information is available on the Oneworld site.

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