The country’s best agriculture and environment journalists will be honored once again in this year’s edition of a national agricultural journalism contest, dubbed PAJ-SMC Binhi Awards, spearheaded by the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. (PAJ) in partnership with San Miguel Corporation (SMC).
The contest
recognizes the continuing efforts of print and broadcast journalists who churn
out comprehensive and quality reportage of the major developments, issues and
concerns in the country’s agriculture, fisheries, environment, agrarian reform,
food and agribusiness sectors.
The 2015
PAJ-SMC Binhi Awards features a total of 14 individual and institutional
categories, said contest chairman Noel Reyes, PAJ vice president, and former
information director at the Department of Agriculture.
The three
major individual categories are Agricultural Journalist, Agribeat Reporter
and Environment Journalist. The top three winners for each group will
receive P50,000, P30,000 and P20,000 cash and a trophy, respectively.
The other
five individual categories are: Agri Photo Journalist, Agri News
Story, Agri Feature Story, and Environment Story. Winners
will receive P20,000 cash each and a trophy.
The 2015
PAJ-SMC Binhi Awards will also honor seven groups of media, government and
private agencies, whose works will be judged as this year’s winners in the
following institutional categories: Agri Section of a National Daily
Newspaper, Agri Section of a Regional or Provincial Weekly or
Fortnightly Newspaper, Agri Magazine, Agri Newsletter, Agri
TV Program, Agri Radio Program, and Agri Info and/or Media
Campaign of Gov’t or Private sector agency. The winner in each category
will receive P20,000 cash and a trophy.
Reyes said
the contest period starts from November 1, 2014 to October 31, 2015,
which means all entries should have been published, broadcast, and/or
implemented during the said 12-month period.
The
requirements for each category are:
·
Agricultural
journalist, agribeat reporter, and environment journalist – original published clippings or
photocopies of at least 10 best articles with corresponding newspaper/publication
masthead, date, and byline or tagline;
·
Agri news
story, agri feature story, and environment story – original published clippings or
photocopies of the story with corresponding newspaper/publication masthead,
date, and byline or tagline;
·
Agri
broadcast journalist – five sets
of CDs of the 10 best episodes of the contestant’s agri radio or TV program,
including certificate of broadcast and endorsement from the station or network
manager;
·
Agri photo
journalist – five sets
of original or photocopies of at least 10 published B/W or colored photos with
caption, corresponding newspaper/publication masthead, date, and photo credit
or certification that said photo was taken by the contestant;
·
Agri section
of a national newspaper and agri section of a regional or provincial newspaper – five sets of published original
or photocopies of 10 best agri section or page;
·
Agri
magazine and newsletter – five sets of 12 issues (if monthly) or four issues (if quarterly),
and a letter of endorsement from the publisher or head of agency;
·
Agri
info/media campaign – five sets
of info/media campaign paraphernalia (program brief, posters, flyer, brochure,
radio/TV ad, and preferably campaign results review); and
·
Agri TV and
radio program – five sets
of DVD (for TV) or CD (for radio) disks of at least five best episodes, with
corresponding printed scripts, and certificate of broadcast.
Each entry
should be accompanied with a nomination letter, endorsed by his/her editor or
head of office, and submitted on or before December 31, 2015, to the
2015 PAJ-SMC Binhi Awards Committee, at the PAJ office c/o Filipino
Inventors Society Producer Cooperative (FISPC), ground floor near Pizza Hut,
Delta Bldg., West Ave. corner Quezon Ave., Quezon City.
For
inquiries, please call or text: 2015 PAJ-SMC Binhi Awards Committee, 0920-4889686
or 0925-3025922; or email – norunibest@yahoo.com or marubylumongsod@yahoo.com.
No entry fees are required. However, non-PAJ members are enjoined to apply and
pay P200 for their 2015-2016 membership and annual fee. ###
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