Rural Excellence Journalism Award (Satis Shroff)

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Applications Open for Badri-Kul Rural Excellence Journalism Award by Nepal-America Journalists Association (NEAJA)  
 
Kathmandu, February 23, 2012- Applications are open for the Badri-Kul Rural Excellence Journalism Award instituted by the Nepal-America Journalists Association (NEAJA) to honor a journalist or a media organization exclusively devoted to economic, social and cultural reform in rural areas and playing important role in mass awareness.
 
The award of NRs. 1,11,111.11 was established by NEAJA last year.
 
The application process in Nepal is being coordinated by Media Foundation (MF). Applications should arrive at the MF office, Shanti Marg, Bhatbhateni 40, PO Box 9824, Kathmandu by March 15, 2012. Details on the application process are available on the MF Website at www.media-foundation.org.
 
The NEAJA award committee will select the final winner from among three names recommended by the selection committee in Nepal.
 
The award will be given in the first week of May 2012 during the third NEAJA general convention in New York.

Badri-Kul Rural Excellence Journalism Award

It is our pleasure to inform you that we are now receiving applications for the first Nepal America Journalists’ Association Badri-Kul Memorial Rural Excellence Journalism Award (NMEA)-2011. This award is exclusively dedicated to those journalists or non-profit media institutions that have made significant contribution to rural journalism in Nepal. The total reward purse for the award is NRs.1,11,111.11. The award will be presented to the winner during the third General Convention of NEAJA to be held on the first weekend of May 2012 in New York.

Following are the guidelines for the applicants to be eligible for the Award:

1. Award recipient must be a Nepali citizen.

2. News media or the non-profit media organization (herein referred to as institution) applying for the award must be registered with the Nepal Government.

3. Such Institutions should be based and be working in rural areas (outside Kathmandu valley and other major townships) of Nepal.

4. Applicant should not be the member of any political party, and the institution must not be affiliated with any political party.

5. If applicant is an individual journalist his/her articles or audio/visual news reports must be published or broadcast through the media between January 1st of 2011 and December 31, 2011. This may not apply for non-profit organizations. However, such institutions may include their progress reports of the year 2011 while submitting their applications for the award.

6. The Award will go to an individual journalist or journalists or an institution whose works must have a direct impact to the socio-economic sector (including but not limited to education, health, agriculture, technology, environment, business and industries, and other imperative social issues) of rural areas of Nepal and must have helped uplift the life of people in those areas.

7. NMEA Award winner/s will be announced by March 30, 2012. The NMEA award winning journalist/s or institution will be notified formally and would be pursued for Visa to the USA. However, the winner should commit to NEAJA that he/she would return to Nepal before the expiry of the VISA.

8. Please send in your application letter along with your resume, progress reports (for institution), or three news samples published or broadcast between January 1st 2011 and December 31, 2011, and a brief note (not more than 500 words) outlining what impact your news pieces had on the community you covered and how the issues were addressed or resolved, by January 30, 2012 to:

Media Foundation Nepal, Email: info@media-foundation.org, 2 Shanti marga, Bhatbhateni 40, P. O. Box: 9824, Kathmandu, Nepal.