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MAGGIE EALES DIED TO A CANCEROUS AILMENT,SHE IS TODAY REMEMBERED BY THE MEDIA WORLD
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CNN
International and MultiChoice this week officially launched the CNN MultiChoice
African Journalist 2016 Awards.
The
competition for African nationals based on the continent welcomes entries from
journalists creating content targeting an African audience.
A new
category has been added this year, The Maggie Eales Young Journalist Award.
This is named in honour of the late Maggie Eales, the CNN executive and former
journalist who during her 20 year career at CNN was the driving force behind
the development and growth of the African Journalist Awards.
This
award reflects Maggie’s enduring passion for nurturing young talent and will
recognise the work of journalists starting out in their career, who demonstrate
exceptional storytelling and the ability to identify a story and tell it with
conviction. There are no restrictions on subject matter for this category
and entrants must be born after 1 Jan 1990.
Tony
Maddox, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CNN International,
said: “Africa is an increasingly important part of the global story, and CNN
reflects that. We are committed to the African story, not just
editorially, but also in terms of supporting its own journalistic enterprise
through the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.
I am
immensely proud of our long-term commitment to Africa and there is no better
example of that than these Awards. We’re particularly proud this year to honour
the incredible contribution Maggie Eales made in shaping the Awards into the
continent’s finest celebration of its journalism. It’s fitting that young
journalists who symbolise the next generation for journalism in Africa now have
an award to aspire to.”
Tim
Jacobs, CEO MultiChoice Africa, said: “The longevity of these Awards is
indicative of how these awards continue to play a meaningful role for the
advancement of outstanding journalism across the continent. I’m confident that
the 2016 installment of the Awards will continue to unearth extraordinary
African talent whose tireless work and search for the truth may otherwise not
receive the recognition it deserves.”
Burkinabé
journalist Hyacinthe Boowurosigue Sanou was awarded the top prize at the CNN MultiChoice
African Journalist 2015 Awards ceremony.
His
work, ‘Nuit du 29 octobre à Azalaï : Nous étions à la chambre 143’ appeared in
Burkinabé daily print newspaper L'Observateur Paalga and was chosen from
entries spanning 39 nations across the African continent.
Since
the first Awards in 1995, the competition has grown in size and status to
become Africa’s most prestigious media event.
In
2015, a ‘Highlights Programme’ of the ceremony, held in Nairobi, Kenya, was
broadcast across Africa, plus the UK, USA and the Caribbean.
Open to
journalists working in any medium, this year the competition will recognise
excellence in the following categories:
·
Culture Award
·
Dow Technology & Innovation Reporting Award
·
Ecobank Economics & Business Award
·
Features Award
·
Francophone General News Award – Electronic Media
·
GE Energy & Infrastructure Award
·
Mohamed Amin Photographic Award
·
MSD Health & Medical Award
·
News Impact Award
·
Portuguese Language General News Awards
·
Press Freedom Award
·
Sport Reporting Award
·
The African Development Bank Environment Award
·
The Maggie Eales Young Journalist Award
From
these category winners, an independent judging panel choose the overall winner
- The CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016.
Finalists
in the 2016 competition will participate in a finalists’ programme that will
include a media forum and networking opportunities with senior journalists,
editors, business leaders and media owners from across the continent,
culminating in a gala awards ceremony later in the year.
The CNN
MultiChoice African Journalist 2016 will have the opportunity to participate in
the CNN Journalism Fellowship at CNN Headquarters in Atlanta.
Once
again this year, the competition has become even easier for journalists to
enter, with submissions being made via the entry form website
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