[CivilSoc] European Online Journalism Awards 2002

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:38:27 -0800

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The European Online Journalism (EOJ) award, which is the only pan-European
award for doing journalism on the Web, is open for submission of entries
until ***31 May 2002***. Practicing journalists as well as students in
journalism schools may compete. Prizes will be presented at the Award
Ceremony at the Mermaid Theatre, London, on 4th July.
(London, 01/03/02): The 2002 European Online Journalism Awards, a
competition to reward excellence in web journalism, was launched today in
London.
The awards, now in their fourth year, were set up in recognition of the huge
changes online publishing is making to journalism and were the first awards
to honour the work of online journalists.
The competition is open to all European journalists and the judges are drawn
from leading media houses across the continent. The EOJ Awards are
administered by a supervisory board consisting of leading journalism
educators from across  the continent.
Past winners of EOJ Awards include BBC Online, Dagens Nyheter, Times Europe,
Helsingin Sanomat, Enredando, NRH Radio, The Guardian, New Scientist,
Oslopuls, Central Europe Review, Transitions On Line, OutThereNews, Reuters
AlertNet.
Awards will be offered in 21 categories.
This year's competition will be audited by the electronic division  of the
Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).
Milverton Wallace, founder and organiser of the EOJ Awards, said  the recent
upheavals in the online media sector serve to reinforce the need for the
profession to produce more journalists with a practical understanding of
what Internet media technologies are capable of and how to use them to
produce new and exciting journalism services for our readers and viewers.
"The aim of these awards is to showcase excellent examples of good stories
told with the tools of the Internet and to help accelerate the development
and promotion of best practice in online journalism among European
journalists," he said.
Deadline for submission of entries is 31 May 2002.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
1) The EOJ Awards web site is at: http://www.net-media.co.uk
2) All entries must be submitted via the entry form on the web site
For further information contact:
Fiona MacKinnon or Milverton Wallace
Tel: +44 (0)20 7637 7909; +44 (0)870 241 6631; Fax:+44 (0)20 7636 4888;
Email: [email protected]