Thursday, March 11, 2010

Excellence in Education Journalism Awards

2009 Awards

The Australian Council of Deans of Education Excellence in Journalism Awards are the pre-eminent awards for education journalism. They were established 16 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 15 October 2009, Old Parliament House, Canberra.

Award winners

2009 Winner of the Minister's Award for Excellence:

Anna Patty

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.