Here are the details for the UNCA 2007 Awards for Coverage of the United Nations and its Agencies - Deadline for entries is 5 November 2007

- Over $30,000 IN JOURNALISM PRIZES -

The UN Correspondents Association invites media worldwide to submit entries for its Twelfth Annual UNCA Awards for the best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field operations.

There are no entry fees of any kind for submissions.

The UNCA Awards include the $10,000 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for written media (including online media), the $10,000 Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast journalism, and the $10,000 United Nations Foundation prize for any entry in any medium that best covers the humanitarian and development aspects of the U.N. and its agencies.

The awards are made possible by the generous support of the U.N. Foundation, Antena 3 TV of Spain, The Boston Globe, and UNCA itself.

Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will present the prizes at the UNCA Awards Dinner at UN Headquarters in New York, 7 December 2007.

Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe bureau chief at the United Nations, died while on assignment in Baghdad in 2003.

Ricardo Ortega, formerly the New York correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, was one of the leading Spanish journalists of his generation who was shot dead on mission, in Haiti in 2004.

The judges will look for similar qualities in entries for the UNCA Journalism Awards:

• The awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world.

• Work in print, internet, radio or TV between 1st October 2006 and September 30th 2007 covering the UN and its agencies in whatever capacity.

• The judges will look for entries with impact, insight and originality, and will take into account the courage and assiduity of the journalist.

• Investigative work is welcome.

• Entries not in one of the official languages of the UN should have a translation into English or French, and video entries should be in VHS (preferably NTSC) format.

• We particularly welcome entries from outside the USA and even more so from developing world media.

• A written transcript assists judging of radio and TV entries.

• Multiple or joint entries will be accepted Internal entries, or those arriving through UN pouch should go to: UNCA- Awards 2007, UNCA, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA
  

• Mail, Fedex, registered or couriered packages should be sent to: UN Correspondents Association Awards Committee Mailbox 613 The Chrysler Building 132 East 43rd Street New York, NY 10017, USA +1 (212) 867-0001 and scanned or email entries to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

• Any questions - Please email that address or telephone Awards Committee Chair Ian Williams at +1 212 686 8884

• Check www.UNCA.com for details, results and lists of previous winners. 

J. Tuyet Nguyen
UN Correspondent
German Press Agency dpa
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