MISA Malawi is inviting interested, paid-up members to submit their outstanding published works for the 2016 MISA Malawi Annual Media Awards. The awards are given out every year during celebrations to mark World Press Freedom Day.
Members may wish to know that the awards this year will not include the UN-funded categories that focused on the Millennium Development Goals, which concluded in 2015 to pave way for Sustainable Development Goals.
The awards will, however, include two new categories, namely
(a) Neonatal Health Journalist of the Year sponsored by MamaYe, and
(b) Socio Accountability and Climate Change adaptation Journalist of the Year sponsored Farm Radio Trust.
The Neonatal Health Award is aimed at casting the spotlight on survival of mothers and babies, safe delivery of pregnant mothers, positive media portrayal of maternal and neonatal health issues among others.
The Social Accountability Award is aimed at ensuring checks and balances on provision and usage of farming technologies that enhance food security and climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers.
It is also important to also note that the Chapter has expanded the Media House of the Year Award to include sub-categories for Television and Online News Sites.
The above categories will be given alongside the following awards:
a.) MISA-Malawi Traditional Awards
i. Print and Electronic
- Investigative Journalist of the Year
- Business and Economics Journalist of the Year
- Democracy and Good Governance Journalist of the Year
- Education Journalist of the Year
- Human Rights Journalist of the Year
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Journalist of the Year
- Tourism Journalist of the Year Award
- Best ICT Journalist of the Year Award
- Hennox Mazengera Journalist of the Year Award
- Best Paediatric and Adolescence HIV Journalists of the Year Award
ii. Combined Print and Electronic
- Sports Journalist of the Year
- Chichewa Journalist of the Year
- Photo Journalist of the Year
iii. Electronic
- Best Farm Radio Programme
- Socio Accountability and Climate Change adaptation Journalist of the Year
MISA Malawi will also recognize the following categories:
- Overall winner
- Life-time achiever
- Print Media House of the year
- Electronic Media House of the year: Radio
- Electronic Media House of the Year: Television
- Talk show host of the year: Electronic
- Blogger of the year: Electronic
- Columnist of the year: Print
All paid up MISA Malawi members will be required to vote/nominate their respective winners under Talk show Host of the Year, Blogger of the Year and Columnist of the year categories and send the same to namisaawards2016@gmail.com on or before March 31, 2015.
The Life Time Achiever and Print and Electronic Media House of the Year: Radio and Television will be based on NOMINATIONS from the membership. Individuals and Organizations are free to self-nominate in line with the Rules and Regulations governing the awards in question.
The MISA Awards Committee will evaluate entries based on the following attributes:
- Impact
- Consistency
- Courage
- Investigation
- Gender awareness
- Analysis
The Awards Committee will accept entries published between 1st April, 2015 and 31st March, 2016.
The deadline for receiving entries is March 31, 2016. An applicant may submit a maximum of two entries per category. Entries should be sent or hand-delivered to the following address: Secretary for the Awards Committee MISA-Malawi Secretariat Onions Complex Off-Paul Kagame Highway Area 4 P.O. Box 30463, Lilongwe 3
For inquiries, please call the following numbers: +265 1 754 310, +265 993 644 785 or +265 999 327 311.
