Friday, August 29, 2008

Excellence in Education Journalism Awards

2008 Awards

The Australian Council of Deans of Education Excellence in Journalism Awards are the pre-eminent awards for education journalism. They were established 15 years ago to recognise the highest quality of education journalism in Australia. Entries are judged by a panel of Deans and established print, broadcast and online journalists.

The explicit aim of the awards is to recognise the highest quality journalism which provides a deeper understanding of significant educational issues and celebrates the work of educators in any of the educational sectors. These may include Preschools, Schools, VET, TAFE, Universities and Adult learning.

Categories

There are four categories and an overall winner. General judging criteria includes newsworthiness, significance of issue, originality, relevance, public benefit, accuracy, research, ethics and initiative.

Category		Prize
Category 1	Print Media: best news report	$2,000
Category 2	Print Media: best feature	$2,000
Category 3	Broadcast and Online: best coverage of event or issue	$2,000
Category 4	Print, Radio, TV, Online: best commentary/opinion/critique	$2,000
Overall prize	Minister’s Award for Excellence	$3,000

Prizes will be awarded at the ACDE’s Annual Conference on Thursday 25th September 2008, Old Parliament House, Canberra.

To enter

Entry is free. Entries must have been first published or broadcast between 1 August 2007 and 31 July 2008.

The closing date is Friday 22 August 2008.

Please see application form (pdf) for terms and conditions.

Application forms should be sent to:

ACDE Journalism Awards
c/o the Dean, Faculty of Education
Monash University
PO BOX 6, Clayton
Victoria 3800

Award winners

2007 Winner of the Minister's Award for Excellence:

Xanthe Kleinig

All award winners

Acknowledgements
ACDE wishes to thank the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR, formerly DEST) for their continued support of this award.