Call for Entries: OFAB Nigeria Media Award of Excellence in Media Reporting 2024
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria Chapter has launched the call, inviting applications for the eighth edition of her media award. This award aims to recognize exemplary journalism that stimulates best practices in the adoption of agricultural technologies, particularly agricultural biotechnology.
The African-wide award known as the Pan-African Agricultural Innovations in Agriculture and Development (PAID) was initiated to reward and promote credible agricultural biotechnology reportage. The award also seeks to recognize outstanding journalists in all media genres involved in the coverage of agricultural biotechnology stories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Specific objectives of the award include the following:
- To appreciate the contribution of journalists in promoting sustainable agricultural technologies, particularly agricultural biotechnology.
- To improve the quality of agricultural journalism and motivate journalists and media houses to capture impact stories and report on innovative agricultural biotechnology and other agricultural technologies.
- To promote innovative best practices in agricultural biotechnology and other agricultural technologies that address challenges of food insecurity, climate change, and sustainable development.
ELIGIBILITY
- The competition is available to science journalists and journalists who have submitted science-related entries in television, radio, print, and online broadcasting
- The entry should be a story published or aired between June 2023 and June 2024
- Applicants are eligible to submit THREE entries of any category of their choice. Click HERE to begin.
SUBMISSION
- The deadline for submission of entries is 18th July 2024.
- Entries for the Print category should consist of a scanned copy of the original story (in PDF format) without any alteration to the content of the story published.
- Applicants should ensure that their PDF documents are clear and sharp. Entries with blurred documents would not be considered.
- Online journalists’ entries should include a clearly written and hyperlinked URL address.
- Screenshots of websites where stories are published are not accepted.
- TV entries should be uploaded to YouTube (www.youtube.com) and radio pieces to SoundCloud (www.soundcloud.com).
- Applicants should provide the web links to their uploaded stories in the entry form.
- Each applicant is expected to provide a short (50 words) synopsis to the story submitted, 150-word biography, and a 200-word piece explaining the motivation for the story on a separate sheet.
- Any alteration to the original story nullifies the entry. All entries and accompanying documents should be submitted by email to ofabmediaawards@gmail.com copying abraham2637@gmail.com. Click here to begin.
SCORING
An independent judging committee will select the winning entries based on;
- Scientific accuracy
- Initiative
- Originality
- Clarity of interpretation
- Value in fostering a better public understanding of agricultural biotechnology and its impact on the society
Winners of each category will also be invited and sponsored to participate in OFAB Africa Media Wards (OMAs) later in the year. The award ceremony date and logistics will be emailed to only the shortlisted participants.
Click HERE to start this application.
For more enquiries, you can send mail to ofabmediaawards@gmail.com