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THE UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA)Announces its 2008
Awards Contest for Coverage of the United Nations and its Agencies
JOURNALISM PRIZES
United Nations, New York. N.Y. 10017
April 2008
UNCA President J. Tuyet Nguyen - Awards Committee Chair Ian WIlliams
The UN Correspondents Association invites media worldwide to submit
entries for its Thirteenth Annual UNCA Awards for the best written and
electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field
operations. In previous years the prizes have totaled over $30,000 and
we expect to offer similar awards this year.
There are no entry fees of any kind for submissions.
The UNCA Awards include the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for
written media (including online media), the Ricardo Ortega Memorial
Prize for broadcast journalism, and the 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.
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will present the prizes at the UNCA
Awards Dinner at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, December 4, 2008.
The deadline for entries is 10 September, 2008
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:
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The awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world
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Work in print, internet, radio or TV between 1 September, 2007 and 31
August, 2008 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.
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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.
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A written transcript assists judging of radio and TV entries.
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Multiple or joint entries will be accepted
Internal entries, or those arriving through UN pouch should go to:
UNCA-Awards 2008, United Nations Room 326, New York, NY 10017, USA
Mail, Fedex, registered or couriered packages should be sent to:
UNCA Awards Committee
Mailbox 613
The Chrysler Building
132 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017, USA
+1 (212) 867-0001
Scanned or email entries to:
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Any questions, please email that address or telephone Awards Chair Ian Williams at +1 212 686 8884
Check Here for details, results and lists of previous winners.
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