Concurso mundial premia jovens jornalistas

O Youth Journalism International organiza um concurso de jornalismo, reconhecendo o trabalho excepcional feito por estudantes de todo o mundo, que possuem até 19 anos.

Os cinco prêmios principais são Jornalista do Ano, Educador do Ano, o Prêmio de Coragem em Jornalismo, o Prêmio Maria Jacinta Bunnell e o Prêmio Keegan Frank.

Outras categorias incluem notícias, empreendimento, perfil, matéria de profundidade, editorial, coluna, ensaio em primeira pessoa , charges, críticas, esportes e fotografia.

Os trabalhos devem ter sido publicados entre 1° de janeiro e 31 de dezembro de 2013 em publicações impressas ou online. Publicações escolares, jornais alternativos, blogs, jornais online e outros serão aceitos.

A taxa de inscrição custa US$20 para os prêmios principais, US$ 10 para trabalhos de equipe e US$5 para trabalhos individuais. As inscrições vão até 7 de fevereiro.

Para mais informações (em inglês), clique aqui.

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Categories

Highest Honors:

In each category, nominations may come from teachers, students or other third parties. Previous first place winners are not eligible to enter the category again, but previous finalists may enter. Self-nominations are acceptable, though letters of support are especially encouraged in the Student Journalist of the Year, Courage in Journalism and Journalism Educator of the Year categories. First place winners in each category will receive a beautiful crystal trophy. Judges may also name finalists.

STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

To honor the student journalist who shows exceptional work in one or more areas of journalism – news, feature and opinion writing, photography and art.

JOURNALISM EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

 To honor a teacher who inspires students and brings out the very best in them.

 COURAGE IN JOURNALISM AWARD

To honor an individual youth journalist, journalism educator or a student newspaper that showed particular courage in pursuing a story despite danger, official roadblocks or other unusual obstacles.

JACINTA MARIE BUNNELL AWARD FOR COMMENTARY

To honor an individual who gave voice to an important issue in a single opinion piece or a series of opinion pieces devoted to the same topic.

FRANK KEEGAN “TAKE NO PRISONERS” AWARD FOR NEWS

 To honor an individual who shows tenacity in tackling one or more serious news stories.

High Honors:

 NEWS – Individual reporting

 NEWS – Team reporting (multiple byline)

 ENTERPRISE – (individual or multiple byline)

PROFILE — Individual

FEATURES – Individual

FEATURES — Team (multiple byline)

EDITORIAL (unsigned; award goes to publication)

MULTIMEDIA (audio or video news – provide links or MP3s)

Multimedia news

Multimedia features

Multimedia sports

OPINION (bylined by one or more writers)

COLUMN WRITING (individual)

FIRST PERSON ESSAY (individual byline)

CARTOONS

REVIEWS (Individual or double byline. Entry should note the sub-category)

Music

Theater/ Film

General Reviews (Video games, restaurants, anything reviewed that isn’t music, theater or film)

SPORTS

Sports News (individual or multiple byline)

Sports Opinion

PHOTOGRAPHY

News Photo

Sports Photo

Feature Photo

Photo Illustration