The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) 2009 Awards for Coverage of the United Nations and Its Agencies

The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) 2009 Awards for Coverage of the United Nations and Its Agencies

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- UNCA invites the worldwide media to submit entries for its Fourteenth Annual UNCA 2009 Awards for the best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field operations.

The prizes amount to over US $40,000 with US $10,000 each for the main categories. There are no entry fees of any kind for submissions.

The awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world for work in print, Internet, radio or TV between 01 September, 2008 and 01 August, 2009, covering the United Nations and its agencies in whatever capacity.

The deadline for submission of entries is September 21, 2009.

The judges will look for entries with impact, insight and originality, and will take into account the courage and assiduity of the journalist. Investigative work is welcome.

Entries not in one of the official languages of the UN should have a translation into English or French.

Video entries should be in disc or VHS (preferably NTSC) format.

UNCA particularly welcomes entries from outside the USA and even more so from developing world media. A written transcript assists judging of radio and TV entries. Multiple or joint entries will be accepted. Previous winners are welcome to try again!

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present the prizes at the UNCA Awards Dinner at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Friday, 04 December 2009.

   The Awards Now Include:    1. The Prince Albert Foundation/UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate      Change.   2. The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Alexander Bodini      Foundation, for written media (including online media) coverage of the      UN and its agencies and their work.   3. The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast journalism coverage of      the UN, and its agencies.    4. The United Nations Foundation Prize for any entry in any medium that      best covers the humanitarian and development aspects of the U.N. and      its agencies.   

The judges will look for similar courage and qualities in entries for the UNCA Journalism Awards.

   Mailing address:   FedEx, registered or couriered packages should be sent to:   UNCA Awards Committee   Mailbox 613   The Chrysler Building   132 East 43rd Street   New York, NY 10017, USA   +1 (212) 867-0001   Scanned or email entries to: unca-awards@igc.org   

Any questions, please email address above or telephone Awards Chair: Ian Williams at +1 212 686 8884

UNCA Awards Committee: Ian Williams, J. Tuyet Nguyen, Gampaolo Pioli, Frank Ucciardo, Jim Wurst, Margaret Besheer and Melorine Mokri.

   J. Tuyet Nguyen   UN Correspondent   German Press Agency dpa   United Nations Room 352   Tel: 212-319-6626   Fax: 212-753-6168   Email: Natuyet@aol.com  

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Source: The United Nations Correspondents Association

CONTACT: J. Tuyet Nguyen, UN Correspondent, German Press Agency dpa,
United Nations Room 352, +1-212-319-6626, or Fax, +1-212-753-6168,
Natuyet@aol.com

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