Entries for the 2020 Media Awards are open.
The 2020 winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner held at Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe on Saturday, May 2 in celebration of World Press Freedom Day (the gala dinner programme will be available here when finalised). The full list of winners will be published on our Winners page after the ceremony.
MISA Malawi is inviting interested paid up members to submit their outstanding published works for the 2020 MISA Malawi annual media awards.
Key dates
Entries must be published or aired between 1st April, 2019 and 31st March, 2020
The deadline for receiving individual entries is 31st March 2020.
The deadline for institutional awards is 30 April 2020.
The media house of the year awards will be open for nomination between 15th and 30th April 2020.
Categories
- Health Governance (print and electronic)
- Anti-Corruption Award (print and electronic)
- Investigative Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Business and Economics Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Democracy and Good Governance Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Red Ribbon/HIV Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Education Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Human rights journalist of the year (print and electronic)
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Lilongwe Water Board Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- ICT Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Paediatric and Adolescence HIV Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Public Infrastructure Management Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Sustainable Development Goals Journalist of the Year (print and electronic)
- Sports Journalist of the Year (combined print and electronic)
- Chichewa Journalist of the Year (combined print and electronic)
- Photo Journalist of the Year (combined print and electronic)
- Best Farm Radio Programme of the Year (electronic only)
- Talk Show Host of the Year (electronic only)
- Adult Literacy Education Journalist of the Year (Print and Electronic)
- Girl and Women’s Rights Journalist of the Year (Print and Electronic)
- Parliamentary Reporting Journalist of the Year ( Print and Electronic)
- Green Journalist of the Year ( Print and Electronic)
MISA Malawi will also recognise the following categories:
- Overall Winner
- Lifetime Achiever
- Print Media House of the Year
- Electronic Media House of the Year: Radio
- Electronic Media House of the Year: Television
- Electronic Media house of the Year: Online-
- Blogger of the Year
- Raphael Tenthani Columnist of the Year
Entry conditions
Individuals can only send a maximum of two entries per category.
MISA Malawi members will be required to vote/nominate their respective choices under Lifetime Achiever (view regulations here) and Print and Electronic Media House of the Year (view regulations here) awards.
Entries for Talk Show Host, Blogger and Ralph Tenthani Columnist of the year categories should be accompanied by motivations and samples of the nominees’ published works.
These should be emailed to misaawards@gmail.com copied to director@misamalawi.org on or before April 30, 2020.
Media houses are also free to nominate themselves for the Media House of the Year Award in line with the rules and regulations governing the awards in question. The media house of the year awards will be open for nomination between 15th and 30th April, 2020.
Entry judging criteria
- Originality. Does it rephrase, regurgitate, recycle or reuse material or information from an article published by someone else?
- Impact. Has it attracted attention and reactions – either positive or negative – from the general public, as well as authorities or responsible figures?
- Consistency. Does it cover an issue throughout its lifespan and present its ideas and information in a logical flow?
- Courage. Did the author show initiative and persistence in uncovering facts and sources?Investigation and analysis. Is it do deeper analysis beyond the surface or rather parrot what what a source says?
- Gender. Does it use gender-sensitive language, balance male and female voices and highlight how the issues affects both sexes?
Submitting entries
Entries should be sent or hand-delivered to the following address:
Secretary for the Awards Committee
MISA Malawi
Mtolankhani House,
Acacia, Lilaga Community
Off Lilongwe-Kasiya Road
P.O. Box 30463
Lilongwe 3
Malawi.
Inquiries
Please don’t hesistate to call with any questions: +265 (0)1 754 310 or +265 (0) 999 327 311.