Human Rights and Women/Girls media award: The Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award, 2007

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The Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award, 2007 for young women journalists

Nominations deadline: 7 January 2007

The Jayaraman family and the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI)

are collaborating in instituting the Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award

for young women journalists.

The Award has been set up in the memory of Anupama Jayaraman, a young

and promising Bangalore-based journalist who passed away in January

2006. Anupama was not only multi-talented and energetic, but she also

demonstrated a keen interest in issues of human rights and social

justice.

The Award is one of several efforts undertaken by her family to keep

her concerns and ideas alive. It is meant to encourage and honour

young women journalists who, like her, believe in meaningful

journalism and have the courage and determination to write on issues

relating to human rights and social justice. The Award will include a

citation and a cheque for Rs. 15,000.

The 2007 Award will be for a female print journalist living in India

and writing in English. It is hoped that awards in other languages can

be introduced subsequently.

The NWMI is cooperating with the Jayaraman family in launching and

sustaining the Award, which will be presented at the NWMI's annual

meetings held in different parts of the country every year. The local

network responsible for each year's meeting will undertake

responsibility for the Award that year.

The Network of Women in Media, Bangalore, which is hosting the

national network's 5th annual three-day meeting in the city in

February 2007, is coordinating the launch of the Award. A jury of

eminent citizens, including senior journalists, will judge the entries

and select the first recipient of the Anupama Jayaraman Memorial

Award, which will be presented at a public meeting in Bangalore on 9

February 2007.

DETAILS

Objectives

· To encourage, support and honour young women journalists writing on

human rights, social justice and people-centred development.

· To nurture and sustain idealism, enthusiasm and constructive

professionalism among young journalists.

· To promote and strengthen journalism that cares.

Themes

The broad themes to be addressed in the entries are human rights and

social justice, especially in the areas of basic needs (including

access to natural resources), gender equality, and the environment.

Specific topic areas within these themes will be announced each year.

For the 2007 award the topic area is: human rights and women/girls.

Eligibility Criteria

a. The 2007 Award is for Indian women journalists aged 25 or less,

working in or contributing to the print media in India in English.

b. All female journalists in this age group, including freelance

journalists, are eligible.

c. The award is for a body of published work (a minimum of three

articles) over a two-year period (the 2007 Award will be for articles

published between January 2005 and December 2006)

· Among journalists who make it to the short list, those from rural

backgrounds and from Dalit and Adivasi communities will be given

special consideration.

Guidelines for Nominations

Nominations, sent to the address below, must include:

a) a short write-up on the nominee and her contact details (including

postal address, phone number and e-mail ID)

Three bylined articles relating to this year's specified topic

(each of the three submission must include an original clipping and a

xerox copy)

Apart from editors and other media professionals, members of the

reading public are also welcome to send in nominations

All nominations must be received by 7 January 07 for the 2007 Award.

Please write " Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award 2007 " on the envelope.

A jury of five eminent citizens, mainly journalists, will select the

Awardee; their decision will be final.

All nominations must be typed; all submitted articles must be

printed/published.

Other Details

The Awardee and the person who nominated her will be personally

informed about the jury's decision between 15 and 20 January 2007.

Information about the outcome of the Award process will also be

disseminated through various media, NWMI e-groups and the NWMI

website.

Contacts:

The Network of Women in Media, Bangalore

(Attention: Anita Cheria)

# 7, 3rd Cross Road

Priyadarshini Layout

Nagarbhavi Main Road

Bangalore 560 072

E-mail: nwm.bangalore@ gmail.com (Attention: Anita Cheria)

Mobile contacts:

(0) 94484 84797 (Anita Cheria)

(0) 94483 40817 (M. Radhika)

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