Catholic Press Association Invites Nominations For Its Annual Awards 2007
Pune, Nov. 27, 2006 (SAR News): The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), the oldest Catholic press organisation in Asia and affiliated to the Geneva-based International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP), invites nominations for the ICPA 2007 awards. Any Christian may nominate an individual/publication/press institution of the Christian community, who has made significant contribution to promote, campaign for and defend Christian values, human rights and the cause of the poor and the marginalised people through journalism and mass communication for the following awards. 1. ICPA Fr. Luis Carreno Award: The Rs 10,000 award to be conferred on an outstanding journalist/institution in India in English or any other recognised Indian language other than Hindi. 2. ICPA Swami Devanand Chakkungal Award: The Rs 10,000 award to be conferred on a journalist/institution in India for outstanding contribution to journalism and literature in Hindi language. 3. ICPA Fr. John Barrette Award For Best SAR News Reporter: Rs 10,000 to be conferred on SAR News reporter of the year. A panel of Christian editors will select the awardee. 4. ICPA Award For Best Reportage on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes And OBC: The Rs 10,000 to be conferred on a journalist/publication for promoting/campaigning the cause of the SC/ST and OBC. ICPA, the 43-year-old national organisation of journalists, editors, publishers, teachers of journalism, publishing houses, news agencies, regional press association, has been promoting excellence in professionalism and values in print media for over four decades. Since 2000, ICPA has constituted various awards to recognise outstanding contribution in the print media. Procedure For Nominations: Any person may nominate an individual journalist/publication/institution engaged in journalism and mass communications. No self-nominations. All nominations should include: 1) A recommendation letter for the proposed candidate. 2) Resume of the candidate and five latest published reports by the candidate. 3) In the case of a publication/institution, a brief note on its achievements to deserve the award. 4) Two passport-size photos of the nominated candidate. In case of regional languages, headlines/titles should be in English and in case of a publication/institution, a list of achievement to deserve the award. Last Date To File Nominations: December 15, 2006 The awards will be conferred at the National Convention of Christian Journalists in April/May 2007. Send nominations to: Michael Gonsalves, President, ICPA, 919, Synagogue Street, Next to Oriental Bank of Commerce, Camp Pune – 411 001. Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) FLOSS, geeks, blogs: [http://planet.foss.in/] -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) FLOSS, geeks, blogs: [http://planet.foss.in/] _______________________________________________ Goajourno mailing list Goajourno@puggy.symonds.net http://puggy.symonds.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/goajourno