UNCA Awards Announcement
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2010 UNCA AWARDS FOR BEST COVERAGE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES
WINNERS WILL BE HONORED AT GALA EVENT
ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15
AT CIPRIANI 42ND STREET RESTAURANT, NEW YORK.
The
United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) will host its 15th Annual UNCA
Awards Dinner and Dance for the best written and electronic media coverage of
the United Nations, its agencies and field operations.
The prizes amount to over $50,000 with $10,000 each for the main
categories.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present the prizes at the Awards gala
dinner on Wednesday December 15 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, and Academy Award Winner Mira Sorvino, will take part in the event with the attendance of Hollywood celebrities, UN Diplomats and journalists from around the world.
The awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world.
The Awards are:
1. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation/UNCA Global Prize for
coverage of Climate Change
2. The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Alexander
Bodini Foundation, for written media (including online media) coverage
of the UN and its agencies and their work.
Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe bureau chief at the United Nations,
died while on assignment in Baghdad in 2003.
3. The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast journalism coverage
of the UN, and its agencies, jointly sponsored by the World Council of
Peoples for the United Nations and Antena-3 of Spain.
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.
4. 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.
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.
We particularly welcome entries from outside the USA and even more so
from developing world media.
Questions regarding Awards: Ian Williams at 1-212-686-8884, or UNCA
office 1-212-963-7137.
Email inquiries to:
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UNCA Awards Committee:
Giampaolo Pioli (UNCA President), J.Tuyet Nguyen (Awards Event
Chairman), Ian Williams (Awards Selection Chairman), Margaret Besheer
(UNCA Treasurer), Louis Charbonneau and Masood Haider.
For more information please contact: UNCA office: 212 963-7137;
email:
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