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Reuters-IUCN Media Awards 2000 launched
Worldwide competition for the best environmental article, broadcast or web feature. Journalists are invited to submit their articles.
Gland, 25 April, 2000 (IUCN) - Reuters Foundation and the IUCN - The World Conservation Union, largest environmental knowledge network in the world, are launching for the second consecutive year their joint Media Awards for excellence in environmental reporting. A regional Media award will be attributed in nine regions around the world. Regional winners are invited to participate in regional training workshops organised by Reuters Foundation. The global winner, selected amongst the nine regional winners, is invited to participate in a 3-month fellowship at Oxford University, England. All nine winners will be invited to the IUCN's World Conservation Congress in Amman next October at a ceremony chaired by Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, patron of IUCN.
Journalists in print, television and electronic media are eligible to apply for the awards. Candidates may submit only one entry each - article, broadcast or web feature - to the IUCN office closest to the author's base (see entry forms -- English, Spanish, French) for country and regional offices). To be eligible, all entries for the Reuters - IUCN Media Awards 2000 must be published or broadcast between 30 August 1999 and 30 June 2000.
Last year, 1014 print articles had been sent by journalists from dozens of countries in this contest which culminated in the Global Award Ceremony held at Reuters Headquarters, London on 19 November 1999 with the presence of Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Reuters Editor in chief, the Director of Reuters Foundation, IUCN's Director General and Chief Scientist. Commenting on the 9 winning articles submitted to the Master Jury, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan said : "They were quite difficult to rate, for each had its unique strengths. But all reinforced a compelling message for concerted global action to address pressing environmental challenges affecting the quality of life of people the world over and our prospects for sustainable development."
Michael Pollan won the global award for an article published in the New York Times magazine on genetically modified food.
For further information, please contact:
Jo Weir, Reuters Foundation. Tel. (++44 20) 7542 58 72. E-mail: Jo.weir@reuters.com
Josué Anselmo, The World Conservation Union - IUCN. Tel (++41 22) 999 0 207. E-mail: Joa@hq.iucn.org
Reuters Foundation was set up by Reuters, the global news and information group, in 1982 as an educational trust to promote high standards in journalism through study and training. Over 2000 professional journalists have benefited from Reuters Foundation training programmes. The Foundation also supports a global range of humanitarian causes recommended by Reuters employees around the world.
IUCN - The World Conservation Union was created in 1948. It is the world's largest conservation-related organisation, bringing together 76 states, 122 government agencies, 737 NGOs and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique world partnership. Over the last half century, IUCN has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation strategies within the framework of global conventions that it has participated in drafting. Through its world-wide secretariat, comprising offices in 42 countries, IUCN contributes to the implementation of a wide range of activities linking local action with global initiatives.
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