Deadline- 30 June 2013
Participants from India are invited to participate in All India Environmental Journalism Competition. The purpose of this competition is to ensure resource efficiency and sustainable development.
Topics covered- The entries should deal with urban and industrial issues of protection and management of air, water, soil and other resources. The entries can also talk about how cities and industries are coping with climate change effects. For example, entries can cover issues like solid waste and waste water management and efficient use of resources through recycling and reuse in India. Entries on positive examples, possibilities and solutions are encouraged and should be clearly associated to India.
Prizes-
There will be a first and second prize in each of the five categories – print, web, photo, TV and radio. The first prize in each category is ₹ 50,000 and the second prize ₹ 30,000.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- The entries should have been published/broadcast between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 in print, web, photo, TV or radio.
- Entries must be accompanied by an endorsement letter from the editor/news editor of the media house in which the respective report has been published. Reports published in personal web-blogs are not eligible.
- Entries can be in any language. Entries in languages other than English should be accompanied by an English summary of about 500 words.
- The entries should not have been awarded by any other competition or institution before.
- The quality of the work must be in line with journalism ethics and standards.
- The entries should be noticeably associated with India.
- This competition is open to each and every person except employees of GIZ, FEJI, The Third Pole, IFAT India and DW Akademie and their families or anyone else associated with the organisation of this competition.
- The participant can be of any nationality.
- In case a winning report is by more than one journalist, the prize will be shared equally among them.
- Entrants must warrant that the medium they are submitting is their own work and that they own the copyright for it.
- Copyright for all entries submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, by sending their entries, each participant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to the organisers to feature any or all of the submitted reports in any of their publications, their websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition.
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