Nominations Invited For Catholic Press Awards 2005
By SAR NEWS
PUNE, Maharashtra (SAR NEWS) -- The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA), the oldest 41-year-old Catholic press organization in Asia and affiliated to the Geneva-based International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP), invites nominations for the ICPA 2005 awards.
Any Christian may nominate an individual or publication/press institution of the Christian community, who have made significant contribution to promote, campaign for and defend Christian values, human rights and the cause of the poor and the marginalized 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 recognized 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 Barret 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, a national organization 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 recognize 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 in the case of a publication/institution a brief note on its achievements to deserve the award.3) two passport size photos of the nominated candidate. 4) Five latest published reports by the candidate. In case of regional languages, headlines should be in English and in case of a publication/institution, a list of achievement to deserve the award.
Last Date To File Nominations: March 15, 2005 The awards will be conferred at the National Convention of Christian Journalists on April 10, 2005 at Pilar, Goa. Send nominations to: Michael Gonsalves, President, ICPA, 919, Synagogue Street, Next to Oriental Bank of Commerce, Camp, Pune 411 001. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Gonsalves 919, Synagogue Street, Next to Oriental Bank of Commerce, Camp, Pune 411 001 INDIA.
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