Entries have been invited for the 2015 Nigerian Academy of Science Media Awards for outstanding science reporting.
The yearly awards, now in its 6th year, are endowed by the Nigerian Academy of Science to promote excellence in science and science-related journalism.
The awards are open to all print and broadcast journalists who published science or science-related stories (health, environment etc.) in the previous year.
The top prize consists of a plaque, a tablet computer and a cash award of N200,000 each to the winners in print and broadcast categories. The runner-up in each category wins a tablet computer and a cash award of N50,000.
Folashade Adebayo, a senior correspondent with The Punch newspaper won the 2014 print category while Vivian Irikefe of TVC was named winner of the prize in the broadcast category.
The award ceremony holds at the Academy’s annual appreciation luncheon for science journalists on Wednesday, 11th of May, 2016.
Criteria for the Award:
The award is open to all science journalists in Nigeria, in the broadcast (television, radio, and online) and print media
The entry should be a story published or aired between January and December 2015
Only one entry is allowed per applicant
SUBMISSION
• Deadline for submission of entries is Thursday, 7th of April, 2016
• 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
• 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. Online journalists’ entries should include a clearly written and hyperlinked URL address. Screenshots of websites where stories are published are not accepted.
• Each applicant is expected to provide a CV, a 250-word bio and a 250-word piece explaining the motivation for the story.
• Any alteration to the original story nullifies the entry.
• All entries and accompanying documents should be submitted by email to admin@nas.org.ng.
Please download the entry form from the Academy’s website: www.nas.org.ng