The May 30th deadline for the submission of entries for the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year has been extended till June 6, 2014.
The extension is to enable more journalists apply for this year’s award
Two Nigerians who won in two categories of the award last year are Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye of Sunday Punch in the UNICEF-sponsored Environment Category and Tolu Ogunlesi, a freelance journalist for Ventures Africa, Nigeria, in the Coca-Cola Company, Economics and Biz Awards category. Ogunlesi’s story was an investigative report on the Eko Atlantic City.
This year, the competition will recognise excellence in the following categories: Culture Award, Digital Platform Award, The Coca-Cola Company Economics & Business Award, Environment Award, Free Press Africa Award, Mohamed Amin Photographic Award, MSD Health & Medical Award, Print General News Award, Radio General News Award, Sport Award, Television Features Award, Television News Bulletin Award, Francophone General News Awards and Portuguese Language General News Awards.
From these category winners, an independent judging panel will choose the overall winner of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2014.