Announcing the Reporting HIV/AIDS Awards, 2006

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REPORTING HIV/AIDS – THE EU-INDIA MEDIA AWARDS, 2006

THE THOMSON FOUNDATION

The Thomson Foundation invites applications from Indian journalists

for Reporting HIV/AIDS – The EU-India Media Awards 2006.

The awards seek to further the best practices enumerated in the

Media Manual on HIV/AIDS, which is available online at:

http://www.aidsandmedia.net/manual.htm The awards recognize and

reward excellence in the reporting of HIV/AIDS in India.

Up to six awards will be made in 2006 – two each for Print, Radio

and Television. The prize for the award recipients is a week-long

visit to Europe to visit organizations working on HIV/AIDS. The

deadline for applications is November 08, 2006, and the awards will

be presented at a ceremony in New Delhi on November 30, 2006. Award

winners will go on a study visit to the UK in December, 2006.

The awards have been instituted under The EU-India Media Initiative

on HIV/AIDS, which is a media project being implemented by The

Thomson Foundation with the financial assistance of the European

Union. The Indian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (INP+),

Media Management Group for Literacy and Development, Commonwealth

Broadcasting Association and University of Tampere, Finland, are

active partners in this project.

The guidelines and entry form for the 2006 award scheme are

available at: http://www.aidsandmedia.net/awards2006.htm

Details about the winners of 2005 and their study tour to the UK are

available on the project website at:

http://www.aidsandmedia.net/awards.htm

Contact: info@...

Savyasaachi Jain

Project Editor

The EU-India Media Initative on HIV/AIDS

e-mail: <savyasaachijain@...>