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**** SEEMO / IPI Press Release Vienna / Trieste, 19 April 2010 CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2010 BACKGROUND The Central European Initiative (www.ceinet.org) has traditionally paid particular attention to the area of information and media and encouraged the role of independent media in its Member States. In view of the difficult conditions under which journalists are frequently exercising their profession the CEI, in cooperation with the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), promotes the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Journalism, which since its first edition in 2008 was meant to honour a journalist who, through his/her work, highly contributed to investigative reporting. CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION The Award is open to nationals of CEI Member States (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine) who have acquired in the last three years special merits in investigative journalism and who are still active in journalism. The competing journalists should be nominated by individuals/organisations/media companies. Self-nominations are not allowed. All media are accepted: print, broadcast, news agency or Internet. AWARD The winning candidate will receive an award of 5.000 EUR, offered by the CEI - Executive Secretariat, on the occasion of the CEI Journalists' Forum to be held in Poland in September/October 2010. The winner will be invited to attend the Forum and his/her participation expenses will be covered by the CEI. COMPOSITION OF THE JURY The International Jury is made up of distinguished journalists and media experts coming from the CEI region. Amb. Gerhard Pfanzelter, CEI Secretary General, Mr. Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General, Mr. Hari Stajner, CEI expert in media issues and Ms. Barbara Fabro, CEI-ES Senior Executive Officer will act as advisers. TERMS OF PARTICIPATION Applications should include the following documentation: 1. Filled in Application Form (on www.seemo.org) 2. Curriculum Vitae of the candidate 3. Summary of the presentations of the candidate's merits; details of the media which published / broadcasted the reports 4. Relevant supporting material about the candidate (TV reports on DVD, audio reports on CD, copies of articles in print media). Reports in local languages should be possibly accompanied by a brief English translation. Please note that supporting material cannot be returned, therefore you are kindly invited to send copies of the original materials. CLOSING DATE Applications should be submitted by regular mail or e-mail within 31 May 2010 to: Ms. Barbara Fabro, Senior Executive Officer CEI-Executive Secretariat Via Genova, 9 - 34121 Trieste, Italy Tel. +39 040 77 86 777/725 - Fax +39 040 36 06 40 [email protected] - www.ceinet.org **** The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is a regional media organisation, and a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, new media and news agencies from South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI). SEEMO is active, according to the geographical position in Europe, in: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Republic of Macedonia / FYROM, Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. **** SEEMO publications are: SEEMO South East and Central Europe Media Handbook (annual publication since 2003, latest edition published in 2008), deScripto Magazine (quarterly publication), Investigative Reporting Handbook and Media and Minorities in SEE. **** SEEMO on Web: www.seemo.org and on www.seemo.info www.seemo.or.at www.seemo.at www.seemo.me www.seemo.eu www.seemo.sk www.seemo.ro www.seemo.rs www.seemo.pl www.seemo.cc www.seemo.us www.seemo.es www.seemo.be www.seemo.biz www.seemo.si www.seemo.tv www.seemo.ch www.seemo.cz www.seemo.gr www.descripto.info www.seemf.info **** 2010 is the year of SEEMO's 10th anniversary More about SEEMO activities in 2010 on: http://www.seemo.org/activities/futureact.html **** This information is sent to you in compliance with the Austrian Telekommunikationsgesetz (TKG ยง107). If you do not want to receive further mailings, please send an e-mail with "UNSUBSCRIBE" to: [email protected]
