WITBN

2012 CALL FOR ENTRIES

The WITBN Indigenous Journalism Awards, WIJA, honours excellence in television journalism that demonstrates superior journalistic skills in a form and manner best representing Indigenous storytelling. WIJA especially acknowledges the significance of journalism that best delivers the Indigenous perspective and contributes to leverage the public understanding of the Indigenous reality nationally and internationally.

WIJA seeks to recognize and reward the best examples of professional journalism in Indigenous television and audiovisual media. In particular the awards will look to the portrayal of an Indigenous perspective on stories of local, national or international impact. Journalistic standards and ethics will also be a key component of this recognition.

Examples of collaborative journalism between journalists of different Indigenous cultures, language, communities or news networks which elicited an authentic Indigenous perspective will be given special consideration.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2011

Eligibility

The WIJA 2012 is opened to WITBN members only. All entries MUST be nominated by a WITBN member, full members or associate members, and must be taken from broadcast reports from any television broadcaster or through digital media outlets. Although eligibility is NOT limited to journalists with Indigenous background, the judges highly focus on the representation of the Indigenous perspective.

※  The jury reserves the right to verify the eligibility of nominations.
※  All online material must be available on a live URL that functions via standard web browsers.

Category

WIJA currently is open to one category: In-depth Reporting.

One entry can be represented as a single article or a series, produced by an individual or team, on national or international Indigenous affairs/issues.

Prize

One winner of 2012 WIJA will be awarded US$2,000 and a commemorative plaque/trophy.
Three honourable mentions will be selected and each honourable mention will be awarded US$800, with a commemorative plaque/trophy.

WITBN will produce the promotional videos for the winners to be broadcast on members’ channel.

Jury

The Jury consists of representatives from each news & current affairs division of the WITBN members. Two rounds of judging will determine the winning entries.

Finalists

Finalists of the awards will be announced on our website in February 2012. All finalists will be notified by email.

Awards Ceremony

The WIJA 2012 Ceremony will be held on March 29, 2012 during WITBC ’12.