Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF)

Deadline:  August, 1st 2010
Open to:  journalists from developing countries
Fund:   full funding

Each year the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) brings approximately ten mid-career reporters and editors–usually between the ages of 25 and 35–to America for a six-month, in-depth, practical introduction to the professional and ethical standards of the U.S. print media. Among those who have succeeded are Fellows who have become top editors and newsroom managers, founders of news outlets and public relation firms, section heads, bureau chiefs, chief or foreign
correspondents, and university professors.

Eligibility
An excellent command of written and spoken English
Early to mid-career status with at least three years of professional
experience as a print journalist
A demonstrated personal commitment to a career in journalism in your
own country
Current employment as a print journalist, preferably with an
independent news organization, in a developing or transitional country
What does the fellowship provide?
Fellows — but not their dependents — receive:
Program-related international travel
Program-related domestic travel
Accident/sickness insurance
Monthly stipend for basic living expenses
Housing
Documentation (DS-2019) which enables the Fellow to obtain a J-1 visa

Application process
A complete application consists of:
application form
CV/resume
personal statement (one-to two-page essay)
fellowship goals essay (one-to two-page essay)
two letters of reference
employer’s endorsement and guarantee of salary
our articles (must be in English or translated to English)
passport size photograph of yourself
one issue of the publication for which you work
a copy of your press credentials
a copy of your valid passport

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THE 19TH DAME

Trustees of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) have invited entries in 33 categories for the 19th edition. The categories cover print journalism, broadcasting and advertising.

For print journalism, entries are expected for Action Photography, Agriculture Reporting, Best Designed Newspaper, Capital Market Reporting, Child Friendly Media, Editorial Cartooning and Health Reporting. Others are Informed Commentary, Insurance Reporting, Judicial Reporting, Political Reporting, Press Reporter of the Year, Editor of the Year, and Newspaper of the year.

The Broadcast categories include Radio Reporter of the Year, Radio Drama of the Year, TV Reporter of the Year, TV Drama of the Year, and TV Documentary of the Year...more

CITI JOURNALISTIC 

 EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2009

 ATTN: ALL FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS REPORTERS AND EDITORS

I am pleased to announce that Citi has launched its prestigious Journalism
Excellence Awards program for the first time in Nigeria. The Citi
Journalism Excellence Awards began in 1982 as a way to recognize
journalists for excellent financial and business reporting.

The winning journalist from Nigeria will spend 10-days, with other winning
journalists from around the world, at a business and financial seminar
which is administered by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New
York City.

The program is open to ONLY business and financial reporters in print
media and electronic services including TV and radio. Each journalist is
allowed ONLY one qualifying entry. Deadline for submission is March 10,
2010.

Please see the attached flyer for complete details about the competition
and how to submit a qualifying story for consideration.

The panel which will decide the winning journalist from Nigeria will be
announced shortly.

Entries can be submitted to Ogochukwu Ekezie ogochukwu.ekezie@citi.com
More information as well as the entry forms can be found at www.citi.com/nigeria

IMPORTANT NOTE: ENTRIES THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH STATED GUIDELINES WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFIED.

FRCN receives award

The Christian Film Producers Association of Nigeria CFPAN, Enugu State has honored FRCN with an award as the most outstanding and accomplished Radio Station of the Millennium.

The award according to the Association is “as a mark of great honour and respect for your establishment’s excellent and sterling qualities to the growth of society”.

The Director General Mal. Yusuf Nuhu mni represented at the award ceremony by the Ag. Zonal Director Enugu Zonal Station, Mrs. Emah Ekpo commended the Association for rising to challenge the moral and ethical decadence in the society being orchestrated and sustained by debasing home movies.

The Christian film Producers Association of Nigeria, CFPAN, Enugu has produced and placed to the use of the society a movie to showcase the beauty and excellence of the culture of Nigeria.

FRCN WINS AFRICAST AWARD

The Director General noted that the award will serve as a tonic to the corporation in the discharge of its mandate of uplifting the people and uniting the nation.

During the ceremony, FRCN Enugu Zonal Station and Unity FM, Abakaliki were inducted into the hall of fame with the Best Radio Station and Most Acclaimed Radio Station of the Year respectively.

The Acting Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Mrs. Maria Odey has assured listeners that the Corporation would continue to provide quality broadcasting.

She was reacting to the award of Best Radio Production and Best Radio Drama to a staff of the Abuja National Station of the Corporation, Mrs. Preere Eyebagha by the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC).

The award was given to her at the recently concluded International Conference for African Broadcasters, Africast in Abuja.

According to the Acting Director-General, nothing short of quality content programming will be provided by the Corporation at all times as the flagship of broadcasting in Nigeria.

Mrs. Maria Odey advised the staff to regard the awards as an incentive to strive for excellence at all times.

Responding, the award winner Mrs. Preere Eyebagha said determination and excellence had been her guiding principle.

She urged producers to remain focused, use appropriate contents and chose natural effects in producing drama instead of synthetic effects.

Radio Nigeria’s Funke- Treasure wins NMMA

Radio Nigeria’s Producer, Mrs. Funke Treasure Durodola has won the best radio production award in the 16th edition of the Nigeria Media Merit Award held in Kano.

Mrs. Durodola had previously garnered three other awards this year for her works.

According to the organizers of the award the Nigeria Media Merit Award – Africa’s foremost media excellence trust, the result was an outcome of a thorough scrutiny from other works submitted by other producers and they were 3 nominees from which Mrs. Durodola came out tops.

At the grand presentation held on Saturday 15th November 2008, Mrs. Funke Treasure Dorudola, who was elated thanked the organizers for the honour and promised to strive to promote the ideals of the FRCN which is excellence.

She won the NMMA with Programme, Voices From The Street, which aired from Sept - Dec 2007 on the Network Service of Radio Nigeria. At the award night, she dedicated the award to the highly intelligent and fascinating street children she worked with on the project .

The Project was done with Unicef, a Unicef assisted NGO - Child to Child Network and Radio Nigeria.

Radio Nigeria's Reporter Wins Investigative Award

Radio Nigeria reporter, Mr Solomon Adebayo has won the 2008, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative reporting in the Radio Category for the second time.

His winning investigative entry which was on the operation of illegal detention centre by the Abuja Environmental Board Task Force on environmental sanitation and its inhuman treatment of artisans, hawkers and petty traders abducted on the streets of Abuja was adjudged the best entry for this year’s edition of the annual award.

His investigative reports which exposed the secret cells led to the hurried closure of the illegal detention centre and the total overhauling of the AEPB task force.

The report elicited reactions from both the National Human Rights Commission, Abuja branch of the Nigeria Bar Association and the human rights community.
The report also led to the removal of the AEPB Director.

Solomon Adebayo had also won the award last year.The award carries a cash prize and a laptop.