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Only Two Weeks Until APO Media Award Entry Deadline
- WIN $6,000, one lap top, one intercontinental flight ticket to a destination of your choice and more
- The
second-place winner will be awarded $300 a month for one year, and the
third-place winner will receive $200 a month for one year
DAKAR, Senegal, August 18, 2014/ -- Only two weeks remain in the “Call for Entry” for the 2014 APO Media Award (#APOMediaAward) (http://www.apo-opa.com/apo-
The
first-place winner will be presented with $500 a month for one year,
one laptop and one intercontinental flight ticket to a destination of
his or her choice as well as one year of access to over 600 airport VIP
lounges worldwide.
The second-place winner will be awarded $300 a month for one year.
The third-place winner will receive $200 a month for one year.
(Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Founder and CEO of APO (African Press Organization)
APO
Media Award celebrates brilliant and inspiring stories about Africa.
The subject matter may comprise a single topic or a variety of subjects,
including – but not limited to – business, economy, technology,
agriculture, health, energy, gender, logistics, tourism, motoring,
aviation, not-for-profit issues, diplomacy, environment, mining,
entertainment and more.
APO
Media Award is open to African journalists and bloggers, whether
directly employed or freelancers, working in the continent of Africa who
have produced a story that has been broadcast or published in English,
French, Portuguese or Arabic in the form of a printed publication, a
television feature, a radio story, a website or a blog whose primary
audience is based in Africa.
Stories must have been broadcast or published between January and August 2014.
Stories are judged on content, writing, analysis, creativity, human interest and community impact.
All stories must be submitted in electronic format:
a) Print: upload the scan(s) of the published article.
b)
Radio: upload the SoundCloud link (SoundCloud is an online audio
distribution platform that enables its users to upload and share sounds
they have created themselves – https://soundcloud.com).
c) Website: upload the URL.
d) TV: upload the YouTube link.
TV material must first be uploaded to YouTube (www.youtube.com) and radio material to SoundCloud (www.soundcloud.com).
If you are not a member of these sites, you will need to sign up in
order to upload the video or radio material. Once you have obtained the
link, you must enter it in this online entry form when inputting your
story details.
Online Entry Form is available here: http://www.apo-opa.com/apo_
The deadline for entries is 1 September 2014.
The finalists will be announced on 15 September 2014.
The winners will be announced on 29 September 2014.
Follow APO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apo_source
Follow the hashtag: #APOMediaAward
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