Deadline: 31 August 2017
Applications are open for the MeRck More than a Mother Media Recognition Awards in order to reward outstanding journalistic coverage that enhance the public’s engagement and understanding of infertility stigma and the need to change the social perception of it in African communities.
The awards have been established to showcase and appreciate outstanding health journalism and to recognize individual professional journalists and students who have produced accurate, informative, and compelling stories about infertile women or couples. The stories targeted are those of infertile women sharing their suffering and abuse by their husbands, families or communities due to their condition. It is very critical to share these stories with the public to build advocacy of the need to change such behavior and break the stigma around infertility in general. It also will provide a platform for those who have sought treatment to advise others on the journey and support those undergoing infertility treatments.
Award Categories
- Print and Online
- Newspapers or magazines
- Online (blogs and/or social media)
- Broadcast
- Television
- Online (blogs and /or social media )
- Photos
- Newspaper or magazines
- Online(blogs and /or social media)
Award Information
- Multimedia
- Journalists: USD 5000
- Student: USD 3000
- Print
- Journalists: USD 1500
- Student: USD 1000
- Radio
- Journalists: USD 1500
- Student: USD 1000
- Online
- Journalists: USD 1500
- Student: USD 1000
Eligibility Criteria
- The Award is open to print, video broadcast, photo journalists and media students whose stories appear in newspapers, websites, blogs and television and that target the public.
- Applicants should be East African journalists and registered media students in East Africa.
- Links to the stories must be submitted before the deadline.
- Plagiarism of any kind will lead to automatic disqualification
- Photo entries will only be limited to 2 photographs per journalist/student.
- The story must have been published any time before 30th August 2017.
How to Apply
Applications can be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia.
For more information, please visit Media Recognition Awards.