Eighth Edition of Journalism Awards Announced
The Journalism Awards Committee announced the eighth edition of “Journalism Awards” recently.
Gracing the occasion was veteran journalist and Award Jury committee member Chittaranjan Biswas, Sayantan Das Adhikari and Paromita Ghosh, Directors of Candid Communication and Zaid Anwar, Director of Qari Ahmer Foundation (QAF) were present at the occasion. This year, the Committee has added “Bloggers Award” to its list of award categories. Journalism Awards is supported by Sugal Damani Group (Rajshree Lottery) along with Qari Ahmer Foundation and Infinity Education. 91.9 Friends FM is the Radio Partner, www.thewall.in is the online media partner, Candid School of Communication and Eduglobal are the logistic partners and the entire event is conceived, coordinated and managed by Candid Communication.
To be eligible, the Article/ Photo must be published during the period from 1st January, 2018 to 31st December, 2018. A Panel of eminent judges chosen by the Members of the ‘Journalism Awards Committee’ will further screen the entries to choose the winner from each category.
The nominations can be sent to candid.journalism@gmail.com and the hard copy can be submitted at Candid Communication (Merlin Infinite, Unit No 1207, 12th Floor, DN-51 Sector V Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091). The last date for filing the nominations would be 15th July, 2019 days post the announcement.
The numbers of award categories are 20. The categories are Business, District Reporting, Electronic Media – Reporting, Electronic Media – Cameraman, General News (Bengali, English, Hindi and Urdu), Feature (Bengali, English, Hindi and Urdu), Lifestyle & Cinema (Bengali and English), Print Media Photography-Lifestyle, Print Media Photography-Sports, Print Media Photography-Feature, Print Media Photography-News, Sports (Bengali and English) and Bloggers Award.